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Beinecke Osborn c180
| Title | A Collection of Hymns from Dr. Watts; Doddri [...] |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Anonymous, 1771–1787.
Title page has pasted-in printed device of dove, book, and "IHS".
75 items.
Most items taken from Watts' Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707).
Beinecke Osborn c360 (1/3)
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Gabriel Lepipre, ca. 1744–45.
252 poems.
Mostly sociable verse, especially arising out of interactions with women, and public affairs.
Clark MS 1976.014
| Title | Poems on Several Occasions. /By Different Hands. |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
Anonymous, ca. 1748–1750.
Two consecutive hands within a short compilation period.
67 poems.
Many popular poets, themes of women and local interest.
Clark MS 1993.001
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
Francis Hawes, 1720–1760.
An ambigraph volume with poetry on both ends. This entry is concerned with the two ends of the volume only, not the middle (recipe) section which is in another hand.
165 poems.
Political satire poems in the style of early eighteenth-century; satire of court manners and prominent women. Many poems that mention Bath.
Houghton MS Hyde 35 (5)
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
Hester Thrale Piozzi, ca. 1818.
183 poems.
Mostly other authors, some original work, often addressed to her daughters.
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 581
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Anonymous, ca. 1769–1790.
152 poems.
Bound-with The New Bath Guide (1766).
Celebrity-centred manuscript verse miscellany, with a particular focus on Samuel Johnson, Hester Thrale Piozzi, David Garrick, Peter Pindar, and Horace Walpole.
Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network
An interconnected, late-eighteenth-century network of fashionable hostesses and political figures Frances Anne (née Greville) Crewe, Lady Crewe; Henrietta (née Spencer) Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough; and Henrietta’s sister Georgiana (née Spencer) Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Their activities were centred in multiple locations, including London (Devonshire House), Bath, and various country seats. Literary and personal connections included Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles James Fox, the Burney family, the Tighe family, and Crewe’s mother Frances Greville.