Henry Nelson Coleridge 86064-86067. Coleridge Family Papers. Vols. dlxx-dlxxiii. Journals of Henry Nelson Coleridge; 1809-1812. These contain a record of his school work, family visits and leisure activities, with some reference to events in the wider world, ranging from the assassination of Spencer Percival to the visit of an elephant to Eton. Four volumes.
Coleridge Family Papers. Vols. dcxii-dcxxix. Silva volumes. Many members of the Coleridge family kept these commonplace books, a habit instilled at Eton. The emphasis of the volumes was upon literary extracts, both prose and poetry, with some prayers, monumental inscriptions and other items of interest. In addition to shedding light upon the individual tastes of the volumes' compilers, these silvae gain an added value as a result of the close connections between the compilers and noted po...