Beinecke Osborn c162

Title	Untitled
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Anonymous, ca. 1710s.

3 items.

The first poem is a mock-heroic that praises the women of Stepney and Mile End, and the second and third respond to the first.

Stepney and Mile End coterie.

Beinecke Osborn c193

Title	Untitled
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Stephen Barrett, 1770-1794.

Gift from Cuthbert Wilson with a presentation poem.

45 items.

Original poems in Latin and English, mostly by Barrett, including school exercises; translations by Barrett of early modern and eighteenth-century English poems into Latin.

Beinecke Osborn fc132

Title	Poems on Several Occasions; Collected from D [...]
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

James Forbes, 1766–1800.

This entry concerns only the first volume, as the second is entirely prose.

151 poems.

Poems on various subjects, including many on death and women, but also conduct, retirement, nature, and slavery.

Bodleian MS Eng. poet. c. 9

Title	Miscellanies
Period	1731-1760
Archive	Bodleian Library

Thomas Phillibrown, 1740–1757.

Divided into sections according to odd and even numbered pages.

152 poems.

Very London oriented (Public affairs, local interest, celebrities).

Reflects a mid-century coterie centering around John Hawkins and Moses Browne.

Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 111

Title	Untitled
Period	1791-1820
Archive	Bodleian Library

Reginald Heber, ca. 1788–1789.

Very plain book.

18 poems.

Commemoration of people and events in the Brent River area.

Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 28

Title	A Collection of Poems by various Hands, but [...]
Period	1761-1790
Archive	Bodleian Library

Eleanor Peart, 1768.

Organized chronologically and thematically.

182 poems.

A high proportion of original poetry; strong emphasis on the pastoral including the use of pastoral pseudonyms.

Peart-Bate coterie.

Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 40

Title	Untitled
Period	1731-1760 , 1761-1790
Archive	Bodleian Library

Gabriel Lepipre, ca. 1750.

246 poems.

Good example of miscellany as autobiography; also includes lots of epitaphs.

British Library Add. MS 59656

Title	Untitled
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	British Library

Tickell family, 1787–ca. 1828.

35 poems.

Poems about love, friendship, and artistic pursuits, as well as commemorative poems about deaths in the family.

Folger MS M.a.104

Title	A Collection of Poems by Several Hands
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Charles Plumptre ca. 1730.

79 poems.

Includes school exercises; some poems possibly from friendship circle that includes John Hoadly and Isaac Hawkins Brown; could be connected with Newcombe’s school in Hackney; satires on women; poems by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Folger MS M.a.15

Title	Untitled
Period	1761-1790
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Associated with Penelope Judith Maitland, daughter of Col. Maitland

30 poems.

Attention to aesthetic features; themes of friendship, sentimental love, poverty, despair and hope.

Folger MS M.a.174

Title	Untitled
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Anonymous, 1724–1728.

109 poems.

Almost entirely early eighteenth-century poetry. Many contemporary satirical pieces, and items from Mist's Weekly Journal.

Folger MS W.a.103

Title	Ballads &c Vol. I
Period	1731-1760
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Anonymous, ca. 1735.

15 poems.

Lots of ballads.

Houghton MS Eng 926

Title	Untitled
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	Houghton Library

Charlotte Burney Francis Broome, 1771–ca. 1806.

82 poems.

Mostly original poetry by members of the Burney family with themes of family, courtship/marriage, and death.

Huntington MS 82623

Title	Untitled
Period	1701-1730 , 1731-1760
Archive	Huntington Library

Anonymous, 1724–1729, with additional items copied in the 1690s and early 1730s.

A book bound subsequent to copying.

115 poems.

Contains a Historical Dialogue in Scripture, as well as addresses, ballads, epigrams, epitaphs, extracts, poems and verses. Interest in literary celebrities like Pope and Swift.

Rose Tavern circle.

Leeds Brotherton Lt 104

Title	Poems of various kinds by the late Revd. Pet [...]
Period	1731-1760 , 1761-1790
Archive	Brotherton Library

Anonymous compilation of poems by Peter Pinnell, ca. 1749–1790.

59 items.

Example of a one-author collection followed by a short section of poems by different authors.

Leeds Brotherton Lt 119

Title	Untitled
Period	1731-1760
Archive	Brotherton Library

Mary Capell, ca. 1740–1751.

Verso pages are filled with explanatory notes identifying people and places from the poems.

87 items.

Political satire, love poems; poems about poetry (writing, collection, gifts of poetry), the arts, and prologues and epilogues.

The final section of poems seems to be associated with the Yorke-Grey coterie.

Leeds Brotherton Lt 12

Title	Miscellany Poems 1728
Period	1701-1730 , 1731-1760 , 1761-1790
Archive	Brotherton Library

George Scott, 1728–1779.

Consecutive hands (George Scott is the second hand) seemingly linked by a Miss Verney who becomes Mrs. Bowes, then a Miss Bowes in part two.

99 items.

The first section contains quite a few poems by women; the second half sees a shift to copying newspaper items, many of which are attributed.

Title	Regions	Description	Manuscripts
Mist's Weekly Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1725–1728.	1
Public Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1752–1793.	4
Gentleman's Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1731–1907. ed. Edward Cave, David Henry.	17
Spectator	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1711–1712. ed. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.	11
Grub Street Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1730–1737. ed. John Martyn, Alexander Russel.	2
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1731–1732. Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay.	2
English Chronicle, and Whitehall Evening Post	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1802–1843.	0
Morning Herald	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1786–1869.	3
General Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1744–1752.	2
General Evening Post	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1733–1832.	3
Daily Courant	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1702–1735.	1
Ladies Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1749-1753.	0
Collection of Poems by Several Hands	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1748-58. ed. Robert Dodsley.	5
Old Whig or Consistent Protestant	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1735–1738.	1
London Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1732–1783. ed. Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber.	6
Lady's Curiosity or Weekly Apollo	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1738. ed. Nestor Druid, Gent.	1
Universal Spectator	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1728–1746.	3
The Royal Westminster Journal and London Political Miscellany	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1760.	0
London Daily Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1751–1753.	1
Morning Chronicle	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1789–1865.	3
Miscellaneous Poems, by several hands	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1730. ed. D. Lewis.	1
St. James's Chronicle	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1761–1899.	5
Lintott's Miscellany	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1712. ed. Barnaby Bernard Lintott.	4
Tatler	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1709–1711. ed. Richard Steele.	3
Daily Gazetteer	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1735–1745.	2
Female Spectator	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1744–1746. ed. Eliza Haywood.	0
The Whitehall Evening-Post	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1700–1802.	2
Times	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1788–present.	2
Sun	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1792–1871.	1
London Chronicle	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1765–1823.	3
Critical Review	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1756–1817. ed. Tobias George Smollett.	4
Christian's Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1760–1767. ed. William Dodd.	2
British Apollo	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1708–1711.	0
British Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1746–1751; 1760–1767.	1
Female Tatler	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1709–1710. ed. B. Bragge.	0
London Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1720–1735.	0
Observator	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1702–1712.	0
Westminster Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1773–1785.	0
Court Miscellany, or Ladies New Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1765–1771.	0
Freeholder's	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1769–1771.	0
Court and City	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1770–1771.	0
Covent Garden, or Amorous Repository	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1772–1774.	0
Every Man's Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1771–1773.	0
Monthly Review	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1749–1845.	2
New Universal Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1751–1759.	1
Royal Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Companion	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1759–1771.	0
Sentimental Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1773–1777.	0
Town and Country Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1769–1796.	1
Universal Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1747–1803.	3
Universal Museum	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1762–1772.	0
Laugh and be fat: or, an antidote against melancholy	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1710, 1724.	2
Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fairer Sex	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1770–1847.	2
Elegant Extracts	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1784, 1789.	3
Annual Register	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1758–present ed. Edmund Burke (1758-[1790s])	2
Museum: or, The literary and historical register	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1746–1747. ed. Robert Dodsley.	0
New miscellany: being a collection of pieces of poetry from Bath, Tunbridge, Oxford, Epsom	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1725. T. Warner.	0
Monthly Magazine	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Magazine. 1796–1843. ed. Dr. John Aikin.	1
British Spy, or, New Universal London Weekly Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1752–1799.	1
London Packet, or, New Lloyd's Evening Post	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1772–1836.	1
Craftsman, or Say's Weekly Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1758–1810.	3
Baldwin's London Weekly Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. ca. 1769–1836.	1
World	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1753–1756.	2
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1764–1796.	3
Owen's Weekly Chronicle	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1758–1770.	1
Middlesex Journal and Evening Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1773–1778.	1
Hymns and Spiritual Songs	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1707. Isaac Watts.	1
Public Ledger	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1761–1799.	1
City Mercury	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1691–1[ ].	0
Help to Elocution	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1780.	1
Collection of the Most Esteemed Pieces of Poetry...	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1767. Moses Mendez.	1
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1767, 1775, 1794. Thomas Percy.	2
Anecdotes, &c. Antient & Modern	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1790. James Pettit Andrews.	1
Northern Antiquities	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1770. Paul Henri Mallet.	1
London Gazette	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1666– Edward Jones.	1
Intelligencer	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1663–1665.	1
British Journal	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. 1722–1731. F. Peele.	1
Morning Post and Daily Advertiser	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Newspaper. 1775–1792. W. Griffin.	1
Flowers of Literature	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1801–1829. Francis William Blagdon.	1
Miscellany Poems	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1684, 1716. John Dryden.	2
Marvell's Miscellaneous Poems	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1681. Andrew Marvell.	1
New Foundling Hospital for Wit	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1784.	1
Guardian	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Essay periodical. March–October 1713. Founded by Richard Steele.	2
Poor Robin's Almanack	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Almanac. 1663.	2
Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry	London, Middlesex Middlesex	Anthology. 1787. Henry Headley.	1

Phillibrown-Hawkins network

A London-based network that included John Hawkins, Moses Browne, and Foster Webb, active in c. 1740/41-1757. Their poetry, essays, and song lyrics are recorded, along with supporting correspondence, by Thomas Phillibrown. Discussed in Schellenberg, Literary Coteries and the Making of Modern Print Culture: 1740–1790 (Cambridge UP, 2016).

Members

Rose Tavern club

A club that met at the Rose tavern in Covent Garden, London, in the 1730s. Members included Richard Miller (addressed as “Precedent of the Rose Club”), Dr. Cotton, and John Weldon.

Members

Stepney coterie

A social circle located in Stepney and Mile End; active c. 1710s.

Tickell family

Family circle of Richard Tickell, his wife Mary Linley, son Samuel Tickell, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his wife Elizabeth Ann née Linley (Mary’s sister), and William Linley. Contributors from this group were active in England and India, c. 1787-1818.

Members

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.

Members

Madan-Maitland family

Three generations of a poetical family, beginning with the poet Judith Cowper Madan and her husband Colonel Martin Madan, and including the couple’s two daughters, Penelope Madan Maitland and Maria Madan Cowper, as well as their brothers Martin and Spencer, and Maitland’s daughters Penelope Judith Maitland (later Cope) and Charlotte Maitland. The extended family also included the poetical Ashley Cowper (Judith Cowper Madan’s brother) and the very popular William Cowper (Judith’s nephew).

Judith Cowper Madan and her children Penelope Maitland and Martin Madan were based in London; the family possessed slave-owning plantations on Nevis and St Kitts in the West Indies.

Bodleian Ms.Eng.Poet. c.51, while not a miscellaneous verse manuscript and therefore not included in this database, is also related to the Madan-Maitland family.