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Wildman, Louisa. [Commonplace book].

Title: [Commonplace book]. [1819-1869]

Manuscript commonplace book of Louisa Wildman, the wife of Thomas Wildman, who owned Newstead Abbey from 1817-1861. Much of the volume is composed of poetical excerpts in Wildman's own hand, but there are also many autograph contributions by others who visited Newstead. Many of these contributions are signed with initials or ciphers, but contributors such as Washington Irving, Thomas Moore, C.H. Reaston-Rodes, William Bolton Finch and Charles Samuel Stewart signed their names in full. There are many original compositions by Thomas Wildman included in the volume as well as several drawings, sketches and watercolors by his sister, Maria Gardiner. Many of the passages and excerpts included by Wildman are contemporary works of poetry and prose and include Charles Symmons, Caroline Symmons, Thomas Campbell, Walter Scott, and Lord Byron. The Clark LIbrary also holds Thomas Wildman's commonplace book, 1819-1858.

ArchivalResource: 303, [3] p., bound ; 24 cm.

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Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873. Autograph letter signed : Nottingham, to [Col. Thomas Wildman], 1832 12 02.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Nottingham, to [Col. Thomas Wildman], 1832 12 02.

Hoping to visit him at Newstead Abbey.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo)

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Wildman, Thomas, 1787-1859. [Commonplace book].

Title: [Commonplace book]. [1819-1858]

Manuscript commonplace book of Colonel Thomas Wildman, the owner (with his wife Louisa) of Newstead Abbey from 1819 to his death in 1859. The volume is primarily composed of Wildman's own original poetry (especially poems written to his wife on each of their wedding anniversaries) but also includes excerpts from Pope's Iliad and Odyssey, Dryden's Fables and other works. The book also includes Byron's "Vision of Judgment," apparently copied from the author's manuscript. The Clark Library also holds Louisa Wildman's commonplace book, 1819-1869.

ArchivalResource: [324] p., bound ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/371197758 View

Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871. Autograph letter : Nottingham, to her daughter Una, 1857 May 29.

Title: Autograph letter : Nottingham, to her daughter Una, 1857 May 29.

Telling her that Nathaniel and Julian Hawthorne bought some "knights in armour" for Julian; describing the view from the train windows on the trip from Peterborough to Nottingham and their stop in Grantham; discussing in great detail a trip to Newstead Abbey, Lord Byron's ancestral home; mentioning pictures by Hans Holbein and Sir Peter Lely; reporting that the library at Newstead Abbey had "The Scarlet Letter and other volumes written by Papa"; praising the current owner of Newstead Abbey, Colonel Thomas Wildman, for his maintenance of the property; giving details of the gardens at Newstead Abbey; reflecting on Lord Byron's character.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (52 p.) : ill. ; 17.9 cm.

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