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Transcription of A Lady's Skull

1744-1816

Hand 14, watermark: LW: A bifolium containing a transcription of a verse found in an alcove in the garden of ‘Mr. Tyers in Denbigh in surry’ in which two skulls were placed, one a man’s skull, t...

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Transcription of To the memory of Lady Frances S

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: GR: A single leaf containing a transcription of To the memory of Lady Frances S. from Catherine Eliza Richardson’s ‘Adonia’.

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Untraced poem Verses on the death of a young lady

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, partial watermark: LAG: A single leaf containing an untraced poem Verses on the death of a young lady on May Day 1775.

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Untraced poem, To a Lady in India Who desired to have a picture of her sister

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: C. Taylor: A bifolium containing an untraced poem: To a lady in India who desired to have a picture of her sister.

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Extract from Francis Webb’s poems Friendship and An ode to a young lady.

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: Curteis & Sons 1799: A bifolium containing an extract from Francis Webb’s poems Friendship and An ode to a young lady.

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Transcription of William Cowper’s poem On reading Sir Charles Grandison

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: Neckinger Mill 1800: A bifolium containing a transcription of William Cowper’s poem On reading Sir Charles Grandison and the epitaph composed by Lady Walsingham f...

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Transcription of Mary Young Sewell’s An elegy

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: GR: A bifolium containing a transcription of Mary Young Sewell’s An elegy, written by desire of Mrs Britten, of Bath, to the memory of her daughter [here titled: ...

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Album and friendship book of Eliza Maria Allies

1830-1867

An album and friendship book, the compiler’s name inscribed on the titlepage within a ring of forget-me-nots, notable for its inclusion of contributions by the Eliza Maria Allies family and friends ...

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Poems written by Miss Olivia Young

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, watermark: LVG: A bifolium and a single leaf, held together with a pin, captioned: Poems written by Miss Olivia Young at Campden House 1779, containing several untraced poems:...

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Transcription of George Watson Taylor’s The old hag in a red cloak

1744-1816

In the hand of Mary Way, no watermark: Three bifolia held together with a pin, containing a transcription of George Watson Taylor’s The old hag in a red cloak, inscribed to Matthew Lewis [here title...

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Album and copy letter book of Miss A. Young, Dundee

1830

The album and letter book of ‘Miss Young’, kept during her time placed with a local family under the auspices of a ‘worthy benefactress’ in Dundee in 1830, for her private education. The copie...

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