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Poetical miscellany of Gideon Rutherford [manuscript], ca. 1690-ca. 1725.

Rutherford, Gideon, active 1690-1725, author.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665.; Cunningham, Alexander, active 17th century.; Pringle, John, 1627 or 1628-1682.; Shaw, John, active 1634-1661.
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Title
Poetical miscellany of Gideon Rutherford [manuscript], ca. 1690-ca. 1725.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book of Gideon Rutherford
Description
32 leaves.
Associated name
Rutherford, Gideon, active 1690-1725, author.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665.
Cunningham, Alexander, active 17th century.
Pringle, John, 1627 or 1628-1682.
Shaw, John, active 1634-1661.
Scope and content
Mainly poems; some are attributed to Alexander Cunningham, John Pringle, John Shaw, Sir Kenelm Digby and Sir Francis Bacon. One is on Sir Francis Bacon and several are associated with John Rutherford, minister of Yarrow, Scotland. Several have a Scottish interest. Also aphorisms and philosophical maxims.
Note
Leaf lacking between leaf 29 and leaf 30.

Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.

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Publications about material
Studies in Scottish literature, v. VII, no. 4 (Ap. 1970).
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS 1302.2
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Aphorisms.
Maxims.
Poems.
Poetical miscellanies.
Anthologies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland.

Call number
V.a.255
Folger accession
cs1302

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