Select manuscript poems [manuscript], [ca. 1781-1792].
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Title
Select manuscript poems [manuscript], [ca. 1781-1792].
Description
78 leaves ; 29 x 23 cm
Associated name
Stanley, Thomas, former owner.
Yates, J., former owner.
Yates, J., former owner.
Scope and content
Contains 29 poems, all by obscure persons, probably friends of the compiler. The few dates written are in order, from 1781 to 1784. The last piece (undated) is on the Duke of Portland as Chancellor of Oxford, an office which he received in 1792.
Note
The whole is written in a fine calligraphic hand. On an endleaf is inscribed (in a different hand): "Thomas Stanley--The gift of J Yates 1797. --Select MSS. Poems."
Binding information
Red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, ca. 1795, labelled "Manuscript Poems."
Item Details
Call number
M.b.14
Folger accession
cs1851