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Miscellany of prose and poetry of Mary Gay [manuscript], 1801-1809.

Gay, Mary, active 1801-1809, compiler.; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.; Cowper, William, 1731-1800.; Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
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Title
Miscellany of prose and poetry of Mary Gay [manuscript], 1801-1809.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, 1801-1809
Description
264 leaves ; 36.5 x 25 cm
Associated name
Gay, Mary, active 1801-1809, compiler.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Scope and content
A collection of hundreds of poems, many by celebrated contemporary poets, including Wordsworth, Cowper, Burns, and others, with a few pieces of prose. Some of the poetical pieces may be compositions of the compiler. A fly-leaf contains the inscription "Mary Gay/ Rainthorpe Hall/ Norfolk/ AD 1801" and the last leaf of text the inscription "Finis -- M Gay -- July 22d 1809."
Note
Includes index.
Binding information
Original vellum.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Anthologies.
Poetical miscellanies.

Call number
M.b.21
Folger accession
no cs number