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Whitehead, William, 1715-1785. William Whitehead poem addressed to Robert Lowth, circa 1758.

Title: William Whitehead poem addressed to Robert Lowth, circa 1758.

This collection consists of a handwritten poem by Whitehead, addressed to Oxford professor of poetry (and later Bishop of London) Robert Lowth. The poem was used as a dedication to Lowth's Life of William of Wykeham, first published in 1758.

ArchivalResource: .01 cubic ft. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386021 View

Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806. Poems on several occasions. / by different hands.

Title: Poems on several occasions. / by different hands. [175-?]

Manuscript poetical miscellany composed around 1750, containing a variety of poems, both published and possibly unpublished. Poets represented include Elizabeth Carter, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, William Whitehead, David Garrick, and many others. Poems are all written in a neat, fine hand. Many are related to social life at Bristol, Bath and Tunbridge Wells.

ArchivalResource: [22], 131, [101] p., bound ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/363188047 View

Garrick, David, 1717-1779,. Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to Colman, at Bath [manuscript], 1761 December 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to Colman, at Bath [manuscript], 1761 December 17.

Writes of the schemes of Vaughn in conjunction with the gang of Pottinger to publish a set of papers called the Genius to forestall his, Colman's. Refers to their new tragedy, and to Whitehead's new play [The school for lovers?]. Murphy has decided to have no more dealings with Drury Lane's managers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230485757 View

Whitehead, William, 1715-1785. William Whitehead poem, circa 1743.

Title: William Whitehead poem, circa 1743.

The collection consists of a signed, manuscript poem, undated, but probably circa 1743, the year he received his M.A. and was a resident of Clare Hall. The poem has the first line, From whom should peace sincerer vows receive, and explores a patriotic theme with mention of English history. Signed W. Whitehead, M.A. Clare-hall.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76756410 View

Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Prologue by David Garrick to The school for lovers by William Whitehead [manuscript], 1762.

Title: Prologue by David Garrick to The school for lovers by William Whitehead [manuscript], 1762.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281480921 View

Whitehead, William, 1715-1785,. Autograph letter signed from William Whitehead, Mount St., to D. Garrick, Esqr., [London] [manuscript], [17]76 January 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Whitehead, Mount St., to D. Garrick, Esqr., [London] [manuscript], [17]76 January 6.

Endorsed by Garrick: About his tragedy. Garrick seems to have been doubtful of its success.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230390731 View

Early American playbills, 1750-1812.

Title: Early American playbills, 1750-1812.

Eighteenth and nineteenth-century printed playbills from American theaters.

ArchivalResource: 5 drawers (1.25 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01711/catalog View

Whitehead, William, 1715-1785. Inscription on a cold bath : Holograph, signed, [17--].

Title: Inscription on a cold bath : Holograph, signed, [17--].

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26480653 View

Commonplace book, circa 1748-1761.

Title: Commonplace book, circa 1748-1761.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 60 poems and essays, primarily elegies, occasional verses, and verse epitaphs on the subjects of solitude, death, and the nature of humanity. The volume contains poems by Joseph Butler, John Dyer, David Garrick, James Grainger, Thomas Gray, Richard Jago, Charlotte Lennox, James Marriott, Ambrose Philips, Petrarch, William Vernon, Thomas Wharton, Isaac Watts, William Whitehead, Anthony Whistler, and Mrs. Barber. Other poem titles include: Ode to death, possibly by Abraham Richard Hawksworth; Virgil's tomb; Ode to solitude and one in French, Epistle de Mr. Voltaire.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (83 leaves) ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702183358 View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806. [Poetical miscellany]

Title: [Poetical miscellany] [1735-1812]

Manuscript poetical miscellany dating from approximately 1735-1812 and containing primarily devotional poetry and Methodist hymns. It appears that most all poems included are previously published works. The items are all written in the same hand, and are partially enumerated in an index located in the middle of the volume. Pages have been numbered in several different schemes, and the book has been written tête-bêche (written from both ends of the volume inwards toward the middle, with the text in one half the volume rotated 180° relative to the other half).

ArchivalResource: [318] p. in various pagings, bound ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368239749 View

History of the Seven Years' War, 1756-1762.

Title: History of the Seven Years' War, 1756-1762.

Manuscript, in a single hand, with many corrections, of a history of the Seven Years' War, focusing on British actions and policies from the declaration of war against the French in 1756 to the preliminary articles of peace in November 1762, divided into 16 stitched fascicles. The first 9 fascicles, from 1756-1760, present the history in narrative form. In addition to accounts of European battles, this section includes an account of French actions in North America in 1760, including Canada and especially regarding relations with Native Americans; a note which records a poem by the poet-laureate William Whitehead in 1760 celebrating the events of that year; a mention of casualties in the "black troops in the English service" at the battle of Wandiwash in India in 1759; an account of the tumult in London over an infestation of mad dogs in 1760 and of the symptoms of an infected man; and a description of the death of George II in 1760, with a reflection on the achievements and flaws of his life. The last 7 fascicles are a collection of copies of letters, dated from London from 1761 to 1762, reporting on events of the Seven Years' War, as well as commenting on current political and social events in London. The letters report on activities in Europe and India; the war against Spain; a conspiracy formed at Bermuda "by the negroes there"; the battle and surrender of Havana; and the preliminary peace negotations. The writer also reports the deaths of Bishop Benjamin Hoadly of Winchester, the chemist Joshua Ward, and Samuel Richardson; notes the town's surprise at the news of the king's announcement of marriage to Sophia Charlotte; describes her dress and appearance at her marriage ceremony; describes the king's coronation in 1761; and mentions a tax on windows as well as unseasonable weather. Many letters in 1761 pertain to the resignation of William Pitt, in which the writer criticizes the hypocrisy of Pitt's acceptance of a peerage and pension. Although unsigned, the letters occasionally mention personal details such as references to the correspondent's brother's illness. The manuscript is prefaced by an introduction in which the author explains that the work was begun for his amusement, but that he soon realized the difficulty of attempting a historical account while the facts were still recent and therefore decided to put the facts in an epistolary form which allowed him to provide context for them. Accompanying the manuscript are two stitched fascicles of notes from Milton's History of Britain , and one harrating English history and politics from the death of Charles I to the Rye House Plot.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (375 leaves) : 3 ill. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702185721 View

Binns, Thomas. A collection of poems vol. III [Commonplace book]; Liverpool, 1793.

Title: A collection of poems vol. III [Commonplace book]; Liverpool, 1793.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 71 poems by various 18th-century authors, primarily on meditative or melancholy subjects. Such poems include On the death of a beloved father; Monody on the death of a lady who died in childbed; Elegy written on the plain of Fontenoy; Elegy on Mary Blandy; and On the death of Deborah Carleton. The collection, moreover, contains a number of poems about non-European cultures, including Peru by Helen Maria Williams; The wrongs of Africa by William Roscoe; Oriental Eclogues by William Collins; and Stanzas to fancy written in the West Indies. Other poets represented in the collection include Ambrose Philips, William Cowper, and William Whitehead. The volume also contains a number of humorous verses by John Byron.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (578 p.) ; 20 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175216 View

Keate, George, 1729-1797. Epilogue by George Keate to A trip to Scotland, [1772].

Title: Epilogue by George Keate to A trip to Scotland, [1772].

Cupid's address etc for Miss Hopkins [in A trip to Scotland, by William Whitehead].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230395613 View

Whitehead, William, 1715-1785,. Autograph letter signed from William Whitehead, Middleton Park, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1758 September 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Whitehead, Middleton Park, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1758 September 2.

Asks if the recipient has anything literary in prospect for the winter. Mentions seeing the recipient's friend Mr. Melmoth at Bristol over the summer.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428983823 View