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1. A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance in three folio's, now reduced into a portable size. Written out at leisure hours with an eye only to the amusement and innocent diversion of the transcriber;
- Creator:
- Hamby, Nathaniel
- Published / Created:
- 1729
- Call Number:
- Osborn c244
- Image Count:
- 41
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred poems on primarily moral or spiritual subjects, many taken from printed works by such poets as John Dryden, William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Isaac Watts. Other entries include epitaphs and psalms. The volume also contains some of Hamby's own religious verses as well as verses by several of his Norfolk acquaintances. The work is prefaced by an introduction which declares that although a preface seems needless when the volume is meant for "one private person," the preface will be useful to those who will read the work after his decease. The preface provides an autobiography of Hamby, focusing on his development as a writer.
- Description:
- Autograph on flyleaf: S. S. Toms., Autograph on title page: M. Toms., Binding: contemporary full morocco with gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Title on spine: Manuscript Poetry., Marbled endpapers., and Pasted in: engraved portrait of Nathaniel Hamby, "de Wymondham in Com. Norfoliciae."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Dryden, John,--1631-1700, Hamby, Nathaniel, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616, Steele, Richard,--Sir,--1672-1729, and Watts, Isaac,--1674-1748
- Subject (Topic):
- Autobiographies, Bible.--O.T.--Psalms, Conduct of life--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epitaphs, English, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance in three folio's, now reduced into a portable size. Written out at leisure hours with an eye only to the amusement and innocent diversion of the transcriber;
2. A manuscript, 1784.
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Mary, Lady, 1739-1816
- Published / Created:
- 1784
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc137
- Image Count:
- 122
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a satirical novella concerning an imaginary voyage by the narrator to a distant planet inhabited by giants, during which he encounters the "Royal Academy" of the planet and the "Chief Minister" (modelled on Pitt the Younger).
- Description:
- First leaf inscribed: "Manuscript, 1784. By Walker. Bolton Street Piccadilly.", For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Spine title: "MS de Lady Mary Walker."
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William,--1759-1806 and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745--Influence
- Subject (Topic):
- English fiction--18th century, Fantasy fiction, English--Women authors, First person narrative, Satire, English--18th century, and Women authors--Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A manuscript, 1784.
3. Album, [ca. 1763-1773].
- Creator:
- Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808
- Call Number:
- Osborn c528
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Manuscript containing approximately 60 pieces, most of which are drafts of verses by Thomas Hull, some heavily revised, including verses in memory of his friend William Shenstone; "Address to Solitude, a Cantata"; "Irregular Ode Written in a Garden"; and "Ode to Health". Other material includes poems by others copied by Hull; a letter about Shenstone by E. Baker; and engravings of Shenstone and Leasowes.
- Description:
- Binding: Original half morocco, marbled boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Leasowes Garden (Halesowen, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Shenstone, William,--1714-1763
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Album, [ca. 1763-1773].
4. Anecdotes of archery: A thing of shreds and patches
- Creator:
- Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- Osborn d20
- Image Count:
- 121
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript and print commonplace book. Collection of notes, engravings, and print cuttings concerning archery. Print items include announcements of meetings of the Robin Hood Society; playbills, reviews, and excerpts from stage adaptations of the legend of Robin Hood; announcements of equestrian archery shows and Robin Hood re-enactments. Also includes clippings of news items, short poems, an account of William Tell, an editorial on women archers and membership in the Toxopholitic Society, with a watercolor depicting a woman archer. Engravings of: the Liberty of Switzerland; the dress of royal archers (1795); men's fashion and archery costumes (in color, 1829).
- Description:
- Binding: Full calf, gilt borders and spine with blind-tooled flowers and gilt title: Archery Scrap Book., Bookplate: Joseph Haslewood., Inscription on front pastedown: J.W. Remington Wilson. Ent in Cat., Items dated in ink, from 1724-1829., Paper watermarks: 1799, 1813, 1818., and The book later belonged to John Matthew Gutch (1776-1861) who added to it; Gutch later used the book as the basis for an article in The Reliquary (XIX [1787-1789]: 157-160) where he wrote "Some of the following vestiges of English archery are contained in a commonplace book formerly belonging to Mr. Haslewood, collected by him as an appendix to a meditated edition of Robin Hood Ballads; others have been collected by the present writer" (The Reliquary XIX: 157); this description is copied on a tipped-in leaf in the volume. A few of the items mentioned by Gutch are no longer present in the volume.
- Subject (Name):
- Robin Hood Society (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Archers--Women, Archery--Great Britain--History, and Robin Hood (Legendary character)--Drama
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of archery: A thing of shreds and patches
5. Antiguidade da arte da pintura : [Portugal], [ca. 1696].
- Creator:
- Costa, Felix da, 1639-1712
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1696].
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 144
- Image Count:
- 154
- Abstract:
- Bound autograph manuscript in an unidentified hand on the art of painting. Includes bibliographies of works on painting and on practical perspective. Excerpts published by Crillo Volkmar Machado in his Collecçao de memorias (Lisbon, 1823).
- Description:
- Bound in red full levant morocco, gold tooled, possibly for Manuel II, King of Portugal.
- Subject (Name):
- Manuel--II,--King of Portugal,--1889-1932--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Painting
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiguidade da arte da pintura : [Portugal], [ca. 1696].
6. Characters performed by David Garrick, Esq. at the Theatre in Goodman's Fields
- Published / Created:
- 1741-42
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 125
- Collection Title:
- David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection, 1741-1776.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 33
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transcripts of two letters from Garrick to Francis Hayman about plans for a series of prints from Shakespeare; and a 1767 letter from the actor Patrick O'Brien discussing his "exiled" life in New York. Manuscript verse consists of drafts of several prologues and epilogues, and copies of comic epigrams and songs. Other papers include a record of receipts for the first season of Drury Lane; "A Scheme for a Theatrical Society;" a list of characters performed by Garrick in 1741-42; and a copy of "Mr. Taylor's address to young students and lovers of landscape painting."
- Alternative Title:
- Drury Lane Theatre documents
- Description:
- David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his time and the successful manager of the Drury Lane Theatre for almost three decades. and Thomas Rackett (1755-1840) received his MA from University College, Oxford in 1780 and named rector of Spetisbury in Dorset shortly after; he held the living until his death in 1840. Rackett devoted much time to his antiquarian interests; he was a member of the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, and the Society of Antiquaries, and contributed several drawings to John Hutchins's History of Dorset. He died at Spetisbury in November of 1840.
- Subject (Name):
- Drury Lane Theatre, Garrick, David,--1717-1779, and Rackett, Thomas,--1757-1841--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors--England, Theater--England--18th century, and Theater--Great Britain--18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Characters performed by David Garrick, Esq. at the Theatre in Goodman's Fields
7. Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary calf, one cover gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace book. and Index at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
8. Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary calf, one cover gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace book. and Index at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
9. Commonplace book, circa 1787.
- Published / Created:
- circa 1787
- Call Number:
- Osborn c138
- Image Count:
- 31
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 8 primarily melancholy poems copied from various authors, on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness. The collection contains Alexander Pope's Eloise to Abelard; Mrs. Madan's Abelard to Eloisa; Aaron Hill's Alone in an inn at Southampton Court; and William Congreve's To a candle. Other titles include The late Lord Harvey to Mr. Fox; The castle top, wrote by a lad at Winchester School; and A hermit's meditation.
- Description:
- Binding: full parchment. and Imperfect: p. 34-35 wanting.
- Subject (Name):
- Héloïse,--1101-1164--Poetry, Hill, Aaron,--1685-1750, Madan, Judith,--1702-1781, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--18th century, Solitude--Poetry, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1787.
10. Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin.
- Creator:
- Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862
- Published / Created:
- 1822 April 2-24
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 427
- Image Count:
- 53
- Abstract:
- Notes recorded between April 2nd and April 24th, 1822 on the Lancasterian plan of education (the 'Bell-Lancaster method' or 'Monitorial system'). Includes description of class levels, lesson plans, teacher duties, classroom organization and school administration.
- Description:
- Binding: paper wrappers with "Notes" in ink capitals on front cover., Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862., Laid in: portrait of Elijah Coffin, a copy of the frontispiece from The life of Elijah Coffin, 1863., Purchased from Robert Rubin Books on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2010., and Several blank pages at end not digitized.
- Subject (Topic):
- Education--North Carolina, Monitorial system of education--North Carolina, Schools--North Carolina, and Teaching--North Carolina
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin.
