Papers relating to Catherine Talbot and her circle, including letters, essays and meditations by Talbot; letters to Talbot from Thomas Rundle, Thomas Secker, Agnes Talbot, and William Talbot; and third-party correspondence and writings by Sarah, Duche...
Description:
Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbo...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne., Cowper, Gilbert., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Howard, Francis., Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Rundle, Thomas, 1688?-1743., Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768., Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of, 1660-1718., Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770., Talbot, William, 1658 or 1659-1730., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Warburton, William, 1698-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English literature, and Women authors, English
Manuscript, in a single hand, of about 40 poems on various subjects dated between 1772 and 1782. The collection includes epitaphs and occasional verse, several "Charades," an epistolary poem titled "Helen, An Old Scots Tale" which is prefaced by a hi...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796., Craik, Helen, 1750?-1824., and Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Epitaphs, Love songs, Occasional verse, English, and Women authors
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poems, including numerous occasional verses addressed to friends, family members, and their children. Titles include "Ode to the Ship, in which Mr. F J. H. Wollaston sails," "A Lilliputian Ode, on my l...
Description:
Incomplete index in back of manuscript.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1757-1817., Burney family., Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774., and Wollaston, Francis John Hyde, 1762-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Drama, English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of serious and comic poems dated 1778-1780. The manuscript includes two poems based on Oliver Goldsmith's "Hermit," English translations of poems by Bacchylides, an "Epistle to a Lady, with a present of M...
Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, of a brief autobiography from the date of his birth to his activities in 1779. He begins with information about his childhood, including his godparents, the date of his innoculation against smallpox, and his education; ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Hume, David, 1711-1776., Voltaire, 1694-1778., Walpole family., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., Great Britain. Parliament., and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Autobiographies (literary genre), English literature, English poetry, Nobility, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 17 original songs, many of them love songs, written in an interleaved copy of Rider's British Merlin, 1698. Titles include "The Deceitful Lover," "The scolding wife," and "Beauty's advocate or th...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Cuthbertson, George.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, English literature, English poetry, Love songs, Memorandums, and Songs, English
