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Commonplace book

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Description: A commonplace book containing an acrostic written by Charles Lamb and a poem by Mary Matilda Betham; the volume also contains plant specimens, pencil and watercolor drawings, and a newspaper clipping. The spine is detached and the pages are loose.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1831-1838.
Call number: mssHM 11586
Creator: Button, Ellen H(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Commonplace book--poetry

Manuscripts

A volume containing about thirty poems, copied out in two hands, possibly compiled by an English Catholic in exile. Both covers are detached, spine is missing and pages are loose.

mssHM 84419

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Caroline Corry commonplace book

Manuscripts

A Victorian era commonplace book containing poems, drawings, and locks of hair. The original poems include an acrostic of Caroline Corry's name and "Lines for an Album," "Friendship," and "Memory," as well as many unattributed pieces; the volume also includes several attributed pieces including poems by Joanna Baillie, Geoge Gordon, Lord Byron, and Reginald Heber. The volume is illustrated with a pen and ink drawing of a man, a pencil drawing of a dog's head, and several pasted-in engravings of various people and scenes. The volume also contains one page with 28 locks of hair stitched onto the page; each lock of hair is labeled with a name, and, in some cases, a date, of Corry's family and friends. The volume is bound in contemporary quarter red roan with faded blue-gray sides, with some damage to the spine and one loose page laid into the volume.

mssHM 84412

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Commonplace book. English poetry : manuscript

Manuscripts

The volume contains poems copied out in several unidentified hands, including poems by Lord Byron and Mary (Botham) Howitt; there is also a watercolor illustration and a pencil drawing. Please note: the volume is in very fragile condition with only a partial spine, loose covers and pages.

mssHM 82900

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Commonplace book of Mary Alice Seymour

Manuscripts

The commonplace book of Mary Alice Seymour containing journal entries, newspaper clippings, stories, and pressed flowers. Some items date as early as 1837 and the last entry is dated 1896. The spine is damaged and covers are loose.

mssHM 63807

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Poetical manuscript commonplace book

Manuscripts

A verse miscellany, entitled "Poetical Manuscript Commonplace book" on the spine and "English Verses, Time of James and Charles the First" within the volume; it is written in a single neat italic hand, probably written in Oxford, England, approximately 1635, and associated with Christ Church College, Oxford University. The volume contains 108 poems, almost all of which are presented anonymously; there are mentions of race and skin color and more than 60 of the poems concern women, love, or marriage. Some of the poems are attributed to, among others, Thomas Carew, Richard Corbet, Robert Herrick, Ben Jonson, Henry King, Thomas Randolph, and William Strode. The volume has 19th-century foliation and a list of contents in the front. The volume is bound in contemporary calf, sewn on four alum-tawed slips, covers with a single gilt rule border, head of spine has some damage, and the end leaves were replaced in approximately 1830; also, with a catalogue cutting pasted inside front cover and a morocco-backed slipcase.

mssHM 84418

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Poetical commonplace book

Manuscripts

Seller's note reads "Volume containing a Selection of Poems in Lady Bury's handwriting, including Lines written Impromptu by Mr. Hook at the Dinner Table at Belle Vue, Lord Lorne having just before, made him a present of a plaid ; Lines written on a Skeleton found in Dalkeith Park during the time of the American War, by Lady Frances Scot ; Living without God in the World, by Charles Lamb ; Lines addressed to the Thames near Eaton School, occasioned by the death of the Friend under whom the Author was weducated, Supposed Pastoral by Dryden not published with his Works ; the Orphan's Prayer by Mrs. St. George, etc., clearly written manuscript, 210 pages, 8vo, morocco, gilt."

mssHM 29165

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