Scotland
Beinecke Osborn d69
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Anonymous, with poems by Maria Banks Riddell and poems about Mary Tighe, 1814–1816.
46 poems, all original to the manuscript.
Primarily narrative poems on mythical creatures or historical subjects, and poems about nature; also includes many fables, love poems, and poetic renditions of the Psalms.
Folger MS M.a.181
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Anonymous, 1818–1823.
Solutions given for riddles and anagrams, suggesting the book's use for social reading and games.
355 items, 200 poems.
Swings from sentimental/tragic to lightly comic, but no really cynical poetry – mostly sentimental or clichéd humour.
Folger MS M.a.187
| Title | A Collection of Poetry |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Anonymous (probably from Scotland), 1737–ca. 1740.
415 poems
Many religious/devotional poems.
Huntington MS 29165
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Huntington Library |
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell Bury, ca. 1815.
Many materials acquired through manuscript transmission; full of evaluative commentary.
90 poems.
Very Scottish in contents, reflecting Lady Charlotte's life in Edinburgh before 1810.
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 556
| Title | A Miscellaneous Collection of Papers in Pros [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Anonymous Scottish anti-Unionist, 1708.
116 items, 100 poems.
Contents focused on issues around the ascension of Queen Anne and the Act of Union, as well as religious disputes between Episcopal and Presbyterian positions.
The position of this manuscript is Jacobite, Episcopalian, and anti-Unionist.
| Title | Regions | Description | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Review |
Essay periodical. 1755–1756; 1802–1929. |
1 | |
| Scots magazine |
Magazine. 1739–1803. |
0 | |
| Edinburgh Magazine and Review |
Magazine. 1773–1776. |
0 | |
| Kelso Mail |
Newspaper. 1797–1866. John Jerdan. |
1 |
Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury's circle
An Edinburgh literary circle centred on Lady Charlotte as daughter of the fifth duke of Argyll and wife of Colonel John Campbell, MP; active from the late 1790s to 1809, when her first husband died. Literary members of the circle included Susan Ferrier, Lady Frances Douglas, Dugald Stewart and his second wife Helen D’Arcy Stewart, and John Leyden.