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Poetry commonplace book

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: 1000-062

Scope and Contents

1 ledger volume, 35cm, titled "Miscellany Poems./By the most Eminent Hands./Collected by E. C. Anno Dom. 1724." Full table of contents and pagination. No further identification - could be English or American. All poems are in English, with only a few translations from Classical authors, and written with the same hand. The bulk seem to be 17th - early 18th century, with emphasis on Pope and Dryden.

Dates

  • Creation: 1724

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

In public domain - No Copyright - United States

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Poems collected and put together in 1724.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Part of accession 2000-27, which was received in several boxes from sortings and findings by staff of the Wesleyan museum, who uncovered this and other manuscript/ printed items long in the university's possession, but never formally cataloged or accessioned by either the museum or library.

Title
Poetry commonplace book, 1724
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Erica Ciallela
Date
May 21, 2020
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

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