Manuscripts

To Mary Hunter on her birthday, September 11, 1833. From her affectionate E.B.B. : [poem in 2 stanzas of 8 lines each]

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Description: Copy in an unidentified hand of the poem originally written on the flyleaf of a copy of the Olney Hymns by Cowper, published by Duncan.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1833 September 11.
Call number: mssHM 4933
Creator: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown, [date of acquisition not identified]. Formerly laid in mssHM 4932.
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