Miscellaneous writings of Joseph Norris, 1723-1776.

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Miscellaneous writings of Joseph Norris, 1723-1776.

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A ledger containing miscellaneous writings by Joseph Norris penned between 1723 and 1733. After his death, the book was apparently taken over and continued by his brother Isaac Norris (1701-1766), and then by Isaac Norris's daughter Mary Norris Dickinson (1740 - 1803). Joseph Norris's writings consist of verses, devotional poetry, notes on church history and doctrine, etc. Also included are drafts of his letters to "Fair Maid," (1723, July 21); "My Esteemed Friend" (1723, Oct. 23,), "Dear Susy" (1723, Sept. 13), and Isaac Norris (1731, May 18). Miscellaneous poems, notes, etc., written most likely by Isaac Norris between 1736 and 1762. Included are: "Obitum Josephi Norris" (In Latin); a poem satirizing the Pennsylvania Assembly ("State House," ca. 1740), verses on the death of Patrick Gordon (May 5, 1736) and "G. George" (1737), "Soliloquy: Verses occasioned by a Letter in ye Pennsylvania Gazette. Printed ye Mercury 1737," and a note describing a visit to John Bartram's "greenhouse" (March 1762). Also included are the poems by Hannah Griffiths (1727- ca. 1809), a Quaker poet who wrote under the pseudonym Fidelia: "The Wish" (1754), "To Isaac Norris, Esq. on his return from Indian Treaty at Albany July 1754," "To the Honorable Society of Informers" ( Feb. 1776), "Stability. Alluding to the 13th Psalm" (1776, Nov.), and "On the anniversary of the 4th of July 1776." According to the attached note by George Washington Norris (1808-1875), "the leaves which are missing I tore out & destroyed, believing that my father had he looked it over have done the same."

44 leaves, 40 cm., bound ledger.

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