Manuscript in a single hand containing copies of more than 60 poems, both secular and religious. Poets include Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, and George Lyttelton. Among the religious poems are five poems by Mehetabel Wesley Wright, the sister of John and Charles Wesley; these include "To an Infant at the Point of Death" and "A Farewell to the World." The volume also contains copies of Thomas Gibbons' "On the Death of Mordecai Andrews" and "On the Deity, by a dissenting Clergyman at Bristol."
Description:
In English., Annotated in pencil on recto of front flyleaf: found amongst Miss Martyns things. Mary [Marshall] Amphlett., and Binding: contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
Subject (Name):
Wesley family. and Wesley, Mehetabel, 1697-1750.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Methodism, Religious poetry, English, and Women poets
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 85 copies of primarily political documents pertaining to events between 1592 and 1632. The volume includes speeches and letters relating to the murder of Thomas Overbury and the trial of Walter Raleigh; a description of voyage to France to aid the Huguenot cause in 1626-7 and seige of La Rochelle; a factual account, with figures, of fighting in Thirty Years' War; "The examinations of the counterfett ghost that came into St James on fryday night the 13 of 9br 1612, beeing that day sennight after Prince Harries death," whose testimony was taken by Sir Thomas Chaloner and Sir John Holles; and the confession of Anne Lady Ross to the Star Chamber declaring that she had perjured herself by "accusing the said Right Honorable Countess of Exeter with an intent & purpose to poison" her. The volume also contains a copy of the will of Holles' father, Thomas Holles of Haughton, dated 17 March 1592 and "written in his owne hand"; and "A prayer wch my deere sister Wentworth did use, coppied from her owne hand, wch I had of my mother 24th Jan. 1631."
Description:
In English, French, and Italian., Arms of the 4th Duke of Newcastle stamped in gold on front cover., and Binding: full parchment. Printed on spine: "Copies of State Papers Etc. 1592 - 1632.
Subject (Geographic):
England., France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661., Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637., Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613., and Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Subject (Topic):
Huguenots, History, Nobility, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Treason, Trials, Wills, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord Cromwell
Description:
In English and Latin., Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his plantations in Louisiana
Description:
William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama., Louisiana., Louisiana, and United States
Subject (Name):
Barnett, Andrew C. and Smith, William, 1762-1840.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Farmers, Slavery, History, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman history as well as practices her dance steps each day; elsewhere, she arranges her doll's clothes and buys accessories for it; goes out on walks with other young ladies; plays cards; and describes and often criticizes her meals. She also mentions the social activities of her mother, the names of visitors to the house, and the daily visits from a cake-seller. Inside the front cover is written, "Susan North. Clifton. Given me by my dearest grandpapa who beged me always to keep a journal.", The third volume is a travel diary dated 1821, in which the writer records her journey from England to Hanover with her son John. She describes the landscapes, the quality of the horses, the price of travel, and the state of the inns in which she stays, as well as her opinions of the attractiveness of the towns and inhabitants she sees. She says of Liege that it "is the oldest, ugliest, dirtiest, & poorest town I ever saw, & filled with beggars. The women less handsome than in any place I ever saw," while she praises Dusseldorf for its cleanliness, good houses, and large shops well-supplied with goods, and The second volume is an undated travel diary from Hanover to Gottingen, Cassell, and Marburg. Written in pencil, with a few corrections in ink, the writer primarily discusses landscapes and buildings; she says of the town of Munden that its situation was the most beautiful thing she ever saw and calls Leibenberg Castle "very curious--old painters, old furniture." The volume contains about 24 sketches in pen and pencil, primarily of landscapes and buildings, but also including profiles of several women. At the beginning of the volume are several pages of travel expenses
Description:
In English. and Binding: decorated paper covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):
Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Acapulco, and the voyage to San Francisco. There is a detailed description of San Francisco and more information on California towns, agriculture, mining, flora and fauna. The diary also chronicles a train trip from Rocklin, California to Reno, Nevada, where the author found work on an alfalfa farm. The author continued overland by train through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska to Chicago and then Detroit. The author traveled to New York by way of Niagara Falls and The volume includes illustrations of California, Nevada, and Niagara Falls as well as maps of the railroad routes. There is a list of the illustrations and a list of plants identified. The author also created an abstract of the diary in the back of the volume
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., United States., West (U.S.), Acapulco (Mexico), Colón (Panama), California, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Nevada, Panama, Salt Lake City (Utah), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company., Colon (Steamship), Montana (Steamship), Panama Railroad Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Alfalfa, Railroad travel, and Description and travel
Holograph of a diary recording primarily family comings and goings and routine social activities of the East family, including visits from friends and family, tea drinking, dining, races, plays, and balls; as well as traveling by the family and neighbors, descriptions of the weather, and frequent updates on Sir William East's numerous illnesses, including two substantial bouts of the gout, several serious toothaches, a cold, and pain in his fingers, ankle, leg, and heel. Elsewhere, she mentions servants' wages, their livery, and the arrival and firing of a housekeeper who becomes inebriated on his first night of employment. On October 16, 1784, she goes to London to see Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascend in a hot air balloon. The writer also makes frequent mention of members of the Clayton family throughout the volume, most often visits by the "Miss Claytons." The volume also contains a list titled Rules & maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness, and a verse excerpt from the Ladies Magazine in 1786 titled A young lady's advice to an acquaintance lately married. Throughout the manuscript, in a different hand, and sometimes tipped, are notes on landownership, law terms, and legal concepts such as the laws on inheritance
Description:
Lady East, née Hannah Casamajor (1746-1810), was the wife of Sir William East, 1st. Bart. (1738-1819), of the Hall Place in Hurley, Berkshire; they married on 29 June 1763. Their daughter, Mary East (1765-1833), married Sir William Clayton, 4th Bart. (1762-1834) in 1785. Sir William was succeeded by his elder son, Sir Gilbert East, 2nd Bart (1764-1828). The younger son, Augustus Henry East (1766-1828), married Caroline Anne, daughter of George Vansittart, who is mentioned in the diary., In English, some Latin quotations., Available on microfilm, Binding: full parchment with a pencilled number '2' and the date '1776' on the cover. Written on a paper label on front cover: Diary. Feb. 8 1776 to April 16th 1785. On spine: Law., On front flyleaf recto, quote attributed to Sir Edward Coke, followed by a summary of the maxim as mathematical statement: Sex horas somno, totidem des legibus aquis, / Quatuor orabis, des epulisque duos, / Quod superest ultra sacris largire Camcenia. To sleep 6. To law 6. To prayer 4. To [?] 8. 24, Biographical details provided by Neil Jeffares, art historian. See also: Iconographical genealogy, (http://www.pastellists.com/Genealogies/East.pdf)., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Clayton family., Clayton, William, Sir, 1762-1834., East, Lady, fl. 1776-1785., and East, William, Sir, 1737 or 8-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Family, Domestic relations, Households, Inheritance and succession, Land tenure, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Weather
Wantage, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness, 1837-1920
Call Number:
Osborn d315
Image Count:
65
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph diary kept intermittently by Harriet Sarah Loyd from her sixteenth birthday in 1853 until May of 1858. Topics include family life, friends and social events such as dances and country house visits, travel in England and on the Continent, and personal reflections
Subject (Name):
Wantage, Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness, 1837-1920.
Holograph diary of a grand tour through France, the Alps, and Italy taken in 1818-1819. In addition to description of sights seen and social events attended, the volume also contains a variety of pasted-in souvenir ephemera such as theater tickets and invitations
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, France, and Italy
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education) and Description and travel