Autograph album, 1827-1832.

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Autograph album, 1827-1832.

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Manuscript, in multiple hands, of 16 autographed entries, primarily short sentimental or religious quotations and verses signed and dated by their authors. Writers of verses include Mary Wordsworth; Dora Wordsworth; James Silk Buckingham; and James Montgomery. The manuscript also includes a commentary on time by Hannah More; a quotation on religious love by Romeo Elton; an essay on the art of painting by Ramsay R. Reinagle; and a copy of a William Cowper poem by William Upcott. Dos-a-dos is a poem on death annotated, "These lines were found in my great grandmother's easy chair after her death (Mrs. Sarah Cottle)."

1 v. (16 leaves) ; 19 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...

Buckingham, James Silk, 1786-1855

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Epithet: of Add MS 33546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000019 James Silk Buckingham was an English adventurer, publisher, author, and activist. He started his career as a sailor and adventurer, chiefly in the Middle East, then started the Calcutta Journal; after it was suppressed by the government, he received monetary compensation and returned to London. He published books about his travels, started...

Montgomery, James, 1771-1854

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The poet James Montgomery was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 4 November 1771. He was sent to the Moravian school (the Moravians are a religious community) at Fulneck, near Leeds, and while there began writing poetry. Work followed in a bakery and then in a store, and then to the offices of the Sheffield Register . Facing prosecution, the proprietor and editor of the journal - a reformer - escaped to America, and Montgomery became the working editor and then the owner of the title which ...

Upcott, William, 1779-1845

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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...

Reinagle, Ramsay R. (Ramsay Richard), 1775-1862

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to John Smith of the British Museum, 1826 Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616663 From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : [London], to Nathaniel Ogle in Southampton, 1825 Sept. 15-[1832] June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616656 British painter. From the description of Letters,1828-1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84198378 ...

Elton, Romeo, 1790-1870

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Cowper, William, 1731-1800

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William Cowper, English poet. From the guide to the William Cowper manuscript material : 32 items, ca. 1784-1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston Underwood, to William [i.e. Walter] Churchey, 1786 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531182 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Olney], to Lady Austen, 1782 Aug...

Wordsworth, Mary

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Wordsworth, Dora, 1804-1847

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