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[Commonplace book], 1829.

Title: [Commonplace book], 1829.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 60 poems, primarily sentimental or elegiac, on such subjects as nature, music, despair, mortality, and death. In addition to poems by William Shakespeare, George Byron, and Letitia Barbauld, the volume also contains poems by John Graves Simcoe, Richard Hole, Hugh Downman, and John Bampfylde, as well as a large number of poems by A. W., including many sonnets, dated between 1772 and 1784, many dedicated to acquaintances whose names have been masked, as well as numerous epitaphs. The collection also contains several poems regarding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Also included in the volume is an extract from a letter from Mrs. Hutchings to Mrs. Merivale, dated 1822.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (130 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176979 View

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1807 May 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1807 May 18.

Thanking him for a list of authors; saying he is glad that Bampfylde's remains are to be edited; discussing at length Bampfylde's life and madness as reported to him by William Jackson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.1 cm

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751453639 View

Bampfylde, John, 1754-1796. Sonnets and poems : manuscript, [18--]

Title: Sonnets and poems : manuscript, [18--]

With a drawing of Poltimore coat of arms, 5 pencil sketches, and one watercolor sketch.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (26 leaves) ; 18 x 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612880916 View