Norfolk
Beinecke Osborn c90
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Anonymous, maybe Diana Burroughs, ca. 1774–1787.
85 poems.
A mix of original and well-known poetry with a high proportion of original occasional verse.
Beinecke Osborn fc130
| Title | Orders from Aug. 6 1771. Benjamin Finn. |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Benjamin Finn, ca. 1790.
26 poems.
Occasional poetry, many copied from newspapers and dated. Mainly satirical, lighthearted verse, often political; several epigrams and poems about death and/or illness.
Folger MS M.a.164
| Title | Miscellany of Henry Jodrell, ca. 1780. |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Henry Jodrell, ca. 1780.
Ambigraph book with Shakespeare plays at one end, poetry at the other. Given the limited number of entries, the poetry end was perhaps abandoned.
12 poems.
Folger MS M.a.53–58
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Verses collected by John Dixon ca. 1780–1817, then copied posthumously by his daughter, Judith Dixon Beecroft.
Six volumes.
Popular eighteenth-century poetry.
Folger MS M.b.21
| Title | Miscellany of prose and poetry of Mary Gay, [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Mary Gay, 1801–1809.
324 items.
Preference for humorous pieces; some riddles.
Houghton MS Eng 569.63
| Title | Epigrams |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
Anonymous Norfolk Clergyman, ca. 1814–1822.
Only included up to p. 82 (/119) because the rest of the book is game charts and other miscellaneous contents.
53 poems.
Primarily local interest, political, and religious poetry.
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 549
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Revd. William Heath Marsh, ca. 1810.
~100 + ~85 = ~185 poems.
Volume 1 consists primarily of copied poetry, especially pastoral and morality poems or poems with classical themes; volume 2 contains much more original poetry, poems related to public affairs, and references to a Norfolk social network centred around Marsh and Thomas and Mary Blofeld.
| Title | Regions | Description | Manuscripts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Chronicle, or, the Norwich Gazette |
Newspaper. 1776–1798; 1802–1824. |
2 |
Burroughs-Crowfoot circle
A group of individuals clustered around Diana Burroughs, including Mr. and Miss Crowfoot, Diana's mother, and a friend of Diana's mother. Possibly located in or near the city of Norwick in Norfolk; active c. 1774-1787.