United States of America
Folger MS M.a.116
Title | A Selection of Modern Poems |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Azarias Williams, 1785–1790.
The compiler blurs his own voice with that of his sources by signing his name to much of what he copies.
78 poems.
Choices seem significant autobiographically—themes of emigration, social behaviour, British patriotism, New York, death, children, sentimental courtship, male unfaithfulness/libertinism, religious/devotional expressions, and topographical poetry.
Houghton MS Am 1013
Title | Revolutionary lyrics manuscript |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Joshua Francis Fisher, ca. 1779.
3 poems.
Poems satirizing the organizers of the American Revolution.
Houghton MS Am 1369
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1731-1760 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Benjamin Church, 1750–1752.
16 poems.
Mainly satirical poems by group of Harvard students.
Houghton MS Am 1894
Title | A poetical jumble, vivified from the rubbish [...] |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Samuel Church, 1786.
2 volumes, 33 poems.
Rather crude homemade bindings showing stab-stitching and stitching along spine.
Mainly poems about death and/or religion. Vol. 2 expands to include more social topics.
Houghton MS Am 1894.1(1)
Title | A poetical flame blown up by the breath of a [...] |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Samuel Church, 1786.
66 poems.
Religious poetry, many items about sin; seemingly all original compositions.
Intended as a gift for a recipient he calls "Reveren'd Religioso."
Houghton MS Am 910
Title | Miss Rebecca Story's Book |
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Period | 1791-1820 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Rebecca Story Porter, 1796–ca. 1803.
17 poems.
Seemingly a schoolgirl's book, including a list of students at Mr. Woodbridge Academy, with the addition of a personal poem about her brother's death at the end.
Title | Regions | Description | Manuscripts |
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New-York Gazetteer |
Newspaper. 1784–1785. |
1 | |
Baltimore Patriot |
Newspaper published 1817-1838 in Baltimore, Maryland, America. Published by Issac Munroe |
1 |