W. (William) Chappell English ballad index collection, 18--.

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W. (William) Chappell English ballad index collection, 18--.

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This finding aid brings together a number of manuscript transcripts of English ballad indexes that were "copied under the direction of William Chappell." Some of the volumes include notes in the hand of William Chappell, but the predominant copyist's hands are identified in a letter from Chappell to Child (1875 May 29) as that of Chappell's young daughters. A few volumes are annotated by Harvard ballad scholar Francis James Child. Most of the indexes list ballad text by first line. Collection includes transcripts for ballad indexes to the collections of: Pepys Ballads; Pepys' collection of "Penny merriments"; Ballad collections of Richard Heber, John Bagford, and Anthony à Wood; Ballad collection of Francis Douce; and Ballad collection of Richard Rawlinson. Original collections are at the Bodleian Library (Oxford University) and Magdalene College (University of Cambridge).

7 volumes (.75 linear ft.)

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Bodleian Library.

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Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695

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English antiquarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Dr. William Lloyd, 1687 Jul. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583835 ...

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703

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English master shipwright and Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham. From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 699487642 From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698778321 From the description of Letter signed : Greenwich [London], to [Edward] Gregory, 1665 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698771809 From the de...

Magdalene College (University of Cambridge)

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Douce, Francis, 1757-1834

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English author and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Isaac d'Israeli, 1822 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522642 Francis Douce (1757-1834) was an antiquary and collector. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Oriental manuscripts of Francis Douce, c. 1st century B.C.-18th century, (University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library) ...

Bagford, John, 1650-1716

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 1044 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000004 British poet and author. From the description of Letter, 1708. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34065599 ...

Heber, Richard, 1773-1833

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000d3 Epithet: book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000331 ...

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...

Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755

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Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755) was the son of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, wine merchant, and lord mayor of London in 1706. After being educated at St. Paul's school and Eton, Rawlinson matriculated at St. John's college, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner in 1708; he proceeded BA in 1711, MA in 1713, and received the honorary degree of DCL in 1719. He was FRS and FSA, and a Bishop among the Nonjurors (1728). In 1719-26 he travelled in Holland, France, Germany and Italy, gradually amassing a foreign, class...

Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888

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British musical antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Strafford Lodge [Weybridge], to Joseph Crawhall, 1878 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 460124713 Chappell was an English writer on music, an owner of the London musical firm of Chappell & Co., an antiquary, and ballad scholar. From the description of W. (William) Chappell English ballad index collection, 18--. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844830 Willia...