https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.CODEX1872
Commonplace book
- Date
- 1771-1791 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 1 volume(s)
- Call Number
- Ms. Codex 1872
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Scope and Content
Unbound volume consisting of sixteen gatherings containing eighteeth-century poetical works and correspondence. The items were collected by an unknown compiler spanning the years from 1771 to 1791. The compiler probably lived in Boxford, in either Berkshire or Suffolk, England. Written at the end of some copied works is Boxford followed by the date. The pages of the volume are numbered 5 to 324 with pages lacking at beginning and end. Pages 5 to 193 consist of elegies, poems, and songs. Many women poets are present in the volume including Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Hannah More, and Ann Murry. Other writers in the book include Jonathan Swift, John Langhorne, and Samuel Wesley. Pages 195 to 324 comprise copied letters numbered one to eighty-two. A majority of the correspondence is between Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Additionally, there are letters with Pope and others including Francis Atterbury, Martha Blount, and John Gay. Some letters with Swift and others include Dr. John Arbuthnot, Lord Henry Bolingbroke, and the Dutchess of Queensbury, Catherine Hyde. The volume is in at least three hands. A few unnumbered pages are laid in and some pages pasted in the volume. Pages one to four and some pages following 324 are lacking.
Acquisition Information
Sold at auction by Forum Auctions (London, England), July 10, 2017, lot 259.
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright restrictions may exist. For most library holdings, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania do not hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Preferred Citation
- Commonplace book, 1771-1791, Ms. Codex 1872, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Finding aids author
- Donna Brandolisio
- Date
- December 2017
Subjects and headings
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Commonplace book, 1771-1791
Contact
These materials are held by University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 3420 Walnut Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
- rbml@pobox.upenn.edu