Poetry commonplace book
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.
Topical
- Title
- Poetry commonplace book, 1724
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Erica Ciallela
- Date
- May 21, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository