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Literary miscellany, ca. 1800-1865 (bulk ca. 1800)

Title: Literary miscellany, ca. 1800-1865 (bulk ca. 1800)

Commonplace book and loose papers contain original [?] and copied literary passages. The entries are in several different handwritings and include poems, essays, quotations, letters, and excerpts from sermons. Many poems have a pastoral or religious theme, while other passages concern mourning and consolation, illness, conjugal love, friendship, and moral character and conduct. Authors named include Langhorn, Dr. Watts, Matthew Prior, Tickell, Le Fevre, and Stern. Two poems are dedicated to a Mr. Shenston, and there is an extract from Shenstone's essays on men and manners. Includes a letter (1829) in pencil [which may not be related to the collection].

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31740332 View

Noble, Mark, 1754-1827. The history of the family of Boleyn : particularly that of Queen Ann Boleyn, together with the life of her daughter, and only child, the princess Elizabeth who afterwards ascended the English throne, in which is given a critical examination of Holingshed's account of her imprisonment, 1799 / by the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A.S. of L. & E., Rector of Barming in Kent, & domestic chaplain to George, Earl of Leicester. With an appendix added by the author in the year 1803.

Title: The history of the family of Boleyn : particularly that of Queen Ann Boleyn, together with the life of her daughter, and only child, the princess Elizabeth who afterwards ascended the English throne, in which is given a critical examination of Holingshed's account of her imprisonment, 1799 / by the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A.S. of L. & E., Rector of Barming in Kent, & domestic chaplain to George, Earl of Leicester. With an appendix added by the author in the year 1803.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a history of the Boleyn family, especially of Anne and Queen Elizabeth I, which includes not only "a critical examination of Holingshed's account of [Elizabeth's] imprisonment" but also footnoted commentary on the accuracy his other sources, including Thomas Wharton and John Strype; a ballad by Shenstone on Elizabeth I; and an account of Elizabeth's innocence in Wyatt's Rebellion. The work is prefaced by an explanation of the author's interest in the project and the authors he consulted in putting it together, including "Lord Orford's Royal and Noble Authors"; and is followed by an appendix, added in 1803, of extracts concerning Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth from John Stow's Chronicle and John Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials; and a ballad "alluding to a story recorded of The Princess Elizabeth" copied from Universal Magazine in 1764. The volume also contains a genealogical tree with engravings of King Henry VIII, Ann Boleyn, and Queen Elizabeth I pasted in; a pencil drawing of Hever Castle in Kent and a pen-and-wash drawing of Henry the 2nd's palace in Woodstock, both copied by Noble's son Mark; and engravings of Anne Boleyn and George Buchanan, laid in.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (87 p.): 5 ill. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702183649 View

White, Miss. Occasional poems / by Miss White of Edgbaston: corrected by Mr. Shenstone, [1750s].

Title: Occasional poems / by Miss White of Edgbaston: corrected by Mr. Shenstone, [1750s].

Manuscript volume containing 13 poems by Miss White (later Mrs. John Pixel), the daughter of the rector of Edgbaston, and a neighbor and friend of the poet William Shenstone. The poems include "Elegy", "Rural Group", two "Pastorals", three hymns, and "The Mother, in Imitation of Spencer."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (21 p.) ; 18.5 x 11 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176437 View

Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, and undated, bulk, 1811-1990s, 1905-1981

Title: Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, and undated, bulk 1811-1990s 1905-1981

ArchivalResource: 6.2 Linear Feet; 4650 Items

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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed W. Shenstone to: [Lady Luxborough] October 14, 1752.

Title: Autograph letter signed W. Shenstone to: [Lady Luxborough] October 14, 1752.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817272 View

[Commonplace book], [ca. 1822].

Title: [Commonplace book], [ca. 1822].

Manuscript, in several hands, of a collection of several hundred entries, primarily poems and newspaper clippings on elegiac, sentimental, or lighthearted subjects. The collection includes verse epitaphs on an infant and on the death of Princess Charlotte, as well as an address to a mother on the death of a sweet girl aged 12 years. Other poems include those by George Byron, Walter Scott, and Robert Southey, as well as unattributed poems on remembrance, absence, and the Bible. Several poems are attributed to George De Boseo Attwood, aged 12 and 13 years, including one written to his mother. The volume also contains many lighthearted and satirical pieces, including numerous riddles, puns, anagrams, and conundrums; a poem satirizing William Shenstone; and a humorous glossary of common words. One anecdote is labeled "related to me by Miss Edgeworth the authoress." Several printed works are also bound in to the volume, including two missionary pamphlets reporting on India and Sierra Leone and an excerpt from Laurence Sterne's Sentimental journey. Laid in to the volume are two pieces of paper addressed to "Miss Careless," including one dated 1812, signed Catherine Murray, which includes numerous personal details about the correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 300 p.) ; 33 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702178229 View

William Shenstone and others: Poems, 1765

Title: William Shenstone and others: Poems 1765

ArchivalResource: 1 volume

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb12-ms.add.8289 View

Jones, Eliza. [Commonplace book], 1811-1834.

Title: [Commonplace book], 1811-1834.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 200 entries of primarily sentimental, elegiac, moral, and philosophical verse and prose, on such subjects as love, solitude, virtue, and grief. The volume includes prose excerpts from the works of Samuel Johnson; Giovanni Battista Zappi; and François-René de Chateaubriand, as well as a letter from Don Juan Padilla to his wife before his execution and an Enigmatical description of a mountain. The verses in the volume include one on virtue; another on the grave; a translation of Richard West's Elegy to Gray; and an elegy by William Shenstone. A substantial number of the entries are in French and Italian. Laid into the volume is a page of travel notes, on the reverse of which is an address to George Jones, Esq., 10 New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, London.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (400 p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176982 View

William Shenstone papers, 1726-1979, 1751-1770

Title: William Shenstone papers 1726-1979, 1751-1770

The papers concern the Leasowes estate, including correspondence with Shenstone's attorney Thomas Milward and others about his legal and financial difficulties; mortgages and indentures on the property; documents concerning the case of Dolman vs. Shenstone and the settlement of his estate after his death; and surveys, descriptions and engravings of the Leasowes. The collection also contains engraved portraits of Shenstone; verses addressed to him by friends, including Robert Dodsley and Lady Luxborough; and an autograph copy of his "The Snuff-box."

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.4'

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[Commonplace book], [ca. 1780].

Title: [Commonplace book], [ca. 1780].

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of six English poems, primarily by William Shenstone. His works in this volume include Ophelia's urn; To a lady on the language of birds; and The early love of poetry and its consequences. The collection also contains a poem dedicated to Shenstone, John Cunningham's Corydon; and Thomas Warton's Speech of the druid. These poems are followed by eight Latin entries, primarily verses, which include Richard Colley Wellesley's Valete et Plaudite; On the death of the Prince of Wales, "generally ascribed to Dr Markham"; and a prize poem delivered at the installation of Frederick, Lord North.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (31 p.) ; 20 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175231 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed in another hand : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, [1759 Aug. 6].

Title: Autograph letter signed in another hand : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, [1759 Aug. 6].

Asking him to bring medicines.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270662690 View

Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808. Shenstone's walks, circa 1760.

Title: Shenstone's walks, circa 1760.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of 8 descriptions in poetry and prose of William Shenstone's Leasowes estate, each titled "Shenstone's Walks" and numbered 1 to 8. Addressed to "Zattoo," the narrator leads the reader through various walks on the grounds, commenting on the views and interspersing his narrative with verses inscribed on various objects he encounters, as when he explains to Zattoo, "From this Place the Path leads some few Yards, till it opens to a wide & very uneven, irregular Lawn--We shall recover our Path again, so let us quit it, while we go and contemplate that Urn, which is fixed in the Center, & thus inscribed..." The narrator also describes encountering "the Gothic Bower," which is inscribed with a poem "in old English characters" exhorting the reader not to look down upon those who rest contentedly there; and elsewhere, directs his listener's attention to an urn erected to "Miss Dolman, a first Cousin of W. Shenstone's" and to the elegy to her inscribed upon it.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (30 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175029 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed : the Leasowes, to Lady Luxborough, 1751 May 24-25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : the Leasowes, to Lady Luxborough, 1751 May 24-25.

Mainly concerning the illness of his brother, but with a mention of his springtime walks in his grove.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (7 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663792 View

Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Title: Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Library of Amos Bronson Alcott, the American philosopher of the NewEngland Transcendentalist group.

ArchivalResource: 599 v.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01478/catalog View

Garrick, David, 1717-1779,. Poetical miscellany of David Garrick [manuscript], ca. 1765.

Title: Poetical miscellany of David Garrick [manuscript], ca. 1765.

Includes several poems by William Shenstone and the prologue spoken by Garrick at the opening of Drury Lane Theatre, 1747.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230384786 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Letter to John Livie, May 20, 1762.

Title: Letter to John Livie, May 20, 1762.

ArchivalResource: 1 p., 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721100 View

Commonplace book containing English poetry, [circa 1790-1810].

Title: Commonplace book containing English poetry, [circa 1790-1810].

Manuscript volume, in several hands, containing English poetry, mainly of the 18th century. Poets include Thomas Parnell, William Shenstone, Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, and William Cowper. Also includes a copy of the "Letter from Sir Hugh Dalrymple to Sir Lawrence Dundas" concerning the living of Orkney.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (circa 200 p.) ; 19 cm.

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Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764,. Extract of a letter from Mr. Robert Dodsley to Mr. Shenstone, 1762 [manuscript], 18th century?

Title: Extract of a letter from Mr. Robert Dodsley to Mr. Shenstone, 1762 [manuscript], 18th century?

Extract refers to "names of the concealed authors in the suspicious pieces are as follows ... ". A note at the heading of the letter reads: "Extract of a letter from Mr. Robert Dodsley to Mr. Shenstone."

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 19 x 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428976915 View

Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Title: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Autograph letters and manuscripts of authors, artists, and others collected by the American poet Amy Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01636/catalog 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

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. William Shenstone papers, 1726-1979, (bulk 1751-1770).

Title: William Shenstone papers, 1726-1979, (bulk 1751-1770).

The papers concern the Leasowes estate, including correspondence with Shenstone's attorney Thomas Milward and others about his legal and financial difficulties; mortgages and indentures on the property; documents concerning the case of Dolman vs. Shenstone and the settlement of his estate after his death; and surveys, descriptions and engravings of the Leasowes. The collection also contains engraved portraits of Shenstone; verses addressed to him by friends, including Robert Dodsley and Lady Luxborough; and an autograph copy of his "The Snuff-box."

ArchivalResource: 0.40 linear feet (1 box) + 1 broadside folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702146954 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01543/catalog View

Chedworth, John Howe, Baron, 1754-1804,. Autograph letter signed from John Howe Chedworth to Madam [manuscript], 1802 March 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Howe Chedworth to Madam [manuscript], 1802 March 18.

Possible written to Elizabeth Edmead. Speaks of how Ben Jonson's image on the curtain of acting companies has been superceded by that of Shakespeare. Quotes from Garrick's prologue to The winter's tale to illustrate this point. Discusses what [Samuel] Johnson's said of the elegies of [William] Shenstone in Lives of the English poets.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435428776 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. William Shenstone papers, 1726-1979 (bulk 1751-1770).

Title: William Shenstone papers, 1726-1979 (bulk 1751-1770).

The papers concern the Leasowes estate, including correspondence with Shenstone's attorney Thomas Milward and others about his legal and financial difficulties; mortgages and indentures on the property; documents concerning the case of Dolman vs. Shenstone and the settlement of his estate after his death; and surveys, descriptions and engravings of the Leasowes. The collection also contains engraved portraits of Shenstone; verses addressed to him by friends, including Robert Dodsley and Lady Luxborough; and an autograph copy of his "The Snuff-box."

ArchivalResource: 0.40 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81732451 View

Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

Title: Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

A collection of single letters, documents, and manuscripts, primarily dating to the 18th century, from the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 1 vol. (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01762/catalog View

Luxborough, Henrietta (St. John) Knight, Lady, 1699-1756. Autograph letter signed : Barrells, to [William Shenstone], 1755 Mar. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Barrells, to [William Shenstone], 1755 Mar. 19.

Concerning the weather, their respective healths, the poems they have both contributed to Dodsley's Miscellanies, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270590354 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed Will Shenstone to: Mr. Hylton November 23, 1758.

Title: Autograph letter signed Will Shenstone to: Mr. Hylton November 23, 1758.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817273 View

Trigg, Thomas. A common place book.

Title: A common place book. [1785]

Manuscript commonplace book of Thomas Trigg of Royston, dating from approximately 1785. This volume contains poetry and some prose from various writers including Shenstone, Pope, Catullus, Shakespeare, Ambrose Philips, Virgil, Dryden and Grainger's Life of Tibullus, among many others. Trigg notes his sources for many of these extracts, which include The Spectator, and various published miscellanies. Several entries are written in a hand different from, but contemporary to, Trigg's.

ArchivalResource: [10], 157 p., bound ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642346557 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter unsigned : the Leasowes, to Bishop Percy, 1759 June 6.

Title: Autograph letter unsigned : the Leasowes, to Bishop Percy, 1759 June 6.

Mentioning a forthcoming visit to Mr. Pitt at Shifnall, and discussing works by Goldsmith, Edward Young, and his own prologue to Dodsley's new edition of Cleone.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270664121 View

Nash, Treadway Russell, 1725-1811. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, ca. 1764-1769.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, ca. 1764-1769.

Asking his criticism on an account of Shenstone's life, about to be published.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270610543 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1765.

Title: Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1765.

Sources often mentioned whether printed or manuscript. Includes several poems by William Shenstone and the prologue spoken by Garrick at the opening of Drury Lane Theatre, 1747.

ArchivalResource: 22 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233980983 View

Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808. Album, [ca. 1763-1773].

Title: Album, [ca. 1763-1773].

Manuscript containing approximately 60 pieces, most of which are drafts of verses by Thomas Hull, some heavily revised, including verses in memory of his friend William Shenstone; "Address to Solitude, a Cantata"; "Irregular Ode Written in a Garden"; and "Ode to Health". Other material includes poems by others copied by Hull; a letter about Shenstone by E. Baker; and engravings of Shenstone and Leasowes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (112 p.) ; 31 x 24.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176432 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed Will Shenstone to: Lady Luxborough December 30, 1751.

Title: Autograph letter signed Will Shenstone to: Lady Luxborough December 30, 1751.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817271 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Southwell, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Southwell, [n.d.].

Inviting her "to go see Cleone."

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270664476 View

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Commonplace book, [ca. 1805-1808].

Title: Commonplace book, [ca. 1805-1808].

Excerpts from plays and poems of Massinger, Webster, Shenstone, Heywood, Herrick, Marston, Spenser, Chapman, Drayton, and Coleridge; and historical and theological works of Thomas Fuller and Sir Thomas More. Some entries in another hand, possibly Mary Lamb's. Table of contents in the hand of Frederick Locker-Lampson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (106 p.) in case ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122586144 View

Locker-Lampson, Warburg, Grimson autograph album, 1552-1890.

Title: Locker-Lampson, Warburg, Grimson autograph album, 1552-1890.

Album of autographs by European literary and historical figures, compiled by English poet Frederick Locker-Lampson.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01278/catalog View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

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

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1758 Aug. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1758 Aug. 8.

About the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Clare and their party and the death of Lord Warrington.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663776 View

Whistler, Anthony, 1714-1754. 11 letters to William Shenstone; Whitchurch, Oxford, and Birmingham, [ca. 1752-1754].

Title: 11 letters to William Shenstone; Whitchurch, Oxford, and Birmingham, [ca. 1752-1754].

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven personal, lighthearted letters from Whistler to his close friend, William Shenstone. The letters primarily discuss news of acquaintances and family members. Many letters mention their mutual friend, Richard Graves; another describes a visit by Princess Amelia; and yet another mentions the marriage of Whistler's brother, which he prefers over the marriage of a friend, "for the last is always entirely lost." Whistler also describes his recent attack of the gout and relates his irreverence during a service at Christ Church, including taking snuff during the service.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (26 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175025 View

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763. Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1757 Jan. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1757 Jan. 18.

On social and medical matters.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663774 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View