Contain more than 1100 numbered extracts from works by various authors; a number of the poems are signed or initialed by William Warren Porter (1776-1804) or his sister, so possibly the books were compiled by a member of the Porter family.
Description:
Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: vellum, without titles.
Glued to album page with some loss of text. and Mounted on leaf (p. 126) from disbound album. MS annotation on mounting leaf: "Transcripts of Miss Catharine Talbot's works"
Glued to album page with some loss of text. and Mounted on leaf (p. 126) from disbound album. MS annotation on mounting leaf: "Transcripts of Miss Catharine Talbot's works"
Autograph (in part) manuscript, consisting of papers in Italian, English and other languages concerning the contemporary political history and the intellectual and social life of England (f. 1-262), Holland (f. 265-422), Denmark (f. 424-476) and Poland (f. 477-503). The collection includes autograph rough notes and drafts of memoranda, often with extensive revisions, copies and translations of political papers, a few original letters and a few printed papers. The English section includes "Memorie del'ingresso del Duca d'Oranges in Inghilterra e dell'uscita de Giacomo;" sketches of the careers and characters of politicians, courtiers, etc.; memoranda concerning English domestic and foreign politics; a list of "le donne piu belle di Londra;" lists of publications concerning the Popish plot (1679-83) and other books published in England; translations of parliamentary speeches and 11 letters from a Tuscan diplomat in London to Magalotti's secretary, May to July, 1678.
Alternative Title:
Danimarca e Pollonia
Description:
Title on spine: "Inghilterra Oland Danimarca Pollonia."
Subject (Geographic):
Denmark--Politics and government, Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714, Netherlands--Politics and government, and Poland--Politics and government
Manuscript on paper, in single hand, of a fragment of a play, with comic and satirical elements, about the English civil war and the Battle of Edgehill. The play is divided into at least four acts (leaves are missing at the end) and balances two plots; one concerns the tailor Littlewit who joins the Parliamentary army and his shrewish wife, and the other follows the military and political maneuverings of the upper class. Historical characters include John Pym, Denzil Holles, Sir William Strode, Arthur Heselrige, and John Hampden of the House of Commons, Prince Rupert, Lord George Digby, Robert Bertie Earl of Lindsey, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Lord Philip Wharton, Hugh Peters ("from New England"), Isaac Penington Lord Mayor of London, and King Charles I.
Description:
Binding: marbled paper wrapper., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Laid in: in back, one sheet of paper, with different watermark, containing various signatures and pen trials., and Several leaves missing at the beginning and the end.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1625-1649
Subject (Name):
Charles--I,--King of England,--1600-1649., Essex, Robert Devereux,--Earl of,--1591-1646., Hampden, John,--1595-1643., Hesilrige, Arthur,--Sir,--d. 1661., Holles, Denzil Holles,--Baron,--1599-1680., Lindsey, Robert Bertie,--Earl of,--1582-1642., Penington, Isaac,--Sir,--1587?-1660., Peters, Hugh,--1598-1660., Pym, John,--1584-1643., Rupert,--Prince, Count Palatine,--1619-1682., Strode, William,--1600 or 1601-1645., and Wharton, Philip Wharton,--Baron,--1613-1696.
Subject (Topic):
English drama--17th century. and Satire, English--17th century.