Bristol, Bristol County
Beinecke Osborn d93
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Hester Bradley, 1807–1810, with two poems added in 1831.
49 poems.
Occasional poems and poems about friends and family, all with a Quaker bent.
Clark MS 1976.014
| Title | Poems on Several Occasions. /By Different Hands. |
|---|---|
| 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.
Folger MS M.a.179
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Anne Blandford, ca. 1795–1805.
113 poems.
Emphasis on apparently original writings/occasional writings by Hannah More, and More's sisters and friends in youth that might not be found elsewhere.
Houghton MS Eng 680
| Title | Poems on Various Occasion's and By Several H [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
Anonymous, 1780.
55 poems.
Mainly devotional or conduct related poems, some describing Bristol and Quaker life.
Hannah More circle
Compiler Anne Blandford was the sister of Elizabeth Blandford Brickenden; both were members of a Bristol-based coterie centred around Hannah More. Others members of this group, which seems to have been active in the 1760s and early 1770s, include William Steele, Miss Hammond, Honour Mary Blandford, Dr. John Langhorne, Anne Steele. See Nicholas D. Smith, The Literary Manuscripts and Letters of Hannah More (Ashgate, 2008).