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040-002002043

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032-002002016

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x00028c

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British Records Association Collection. Vol. XXI. Commonplace book in a variety of hands, mostly containing poetry and prose transmitted by 'Rev. Mr Cottam'

(f. 1b); 1789-1796. Partly Latin. Mostly comprises religious verse and epitaphs, partly by R. Cottam, including copies of poems by William Cowper:- (a) 'The Morning Dream'. ff. 5-6;- (b) 'On a Rose after a Shower'. f. 8b;- (c) 'The Dog and Water Lily – No Fable'. ff. 9-10;- (d) 'Stanzas prefixed to a Bill of Mortality for the Parish of All Saints Northampton, December 21 1787'. ff. 10-11;- (e) 'Annus Memorabilis 1789'. ff. 11b-12b. Also here (f. 20) correctly attributed to Cowper is 'Epitaph on the Death of Mr. Hamilton who died at Newport Pagnell 1788 aged 32'. The Cowper poems 'were presented to Mr [i.e. Rev. William] Bull of Newport Pagnell and copied in shorthand from the original by R. Cottam' and then dictated to the writer by R. Cottam (note on f. 4b). Neither MS. is recorded in the Index of British Literary Manuscripts, vol. iii, Part I, comp. by Margaret M. Smith, 1986, pp. 233-92.

Paper; ff. 31. Octavo.

Commonplace Books: Commonplace book: 1789-1796.

includes:

ff. 1-4b Poetry ENGLISH: R. Cottam: Verses: bef. 1789: Copy.
ff. 5-6, 8-12b Poetry ENGLISH: W. Cowper: poems: 1785-1789: Copies.
ff. 5-6, 8-12b William Cowper, poet: Poems: 1785-1789: Copies.
ff. 13-13b Poetry ENGLISH: J. Newton: `An Hymn on his Majesty's Recovery': [1789?]: Copy.
ff. 13-13b John Newton, divine: `An Hymn on his Majesty's Recovery': [1789?]: Copy.
ff. 15b-19 Robert Lowth, Bishop of London: Letter to [W.?] Warburton: 1766: Imperf. copy.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002002016
040-002002043

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Add MS 52474-52503 : British Records Association Collection

Add MS 52494 : British Records Association Collection. Vol. XXI. Commonplace book in a variety of hands, mostly containing poetry and prose…

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032-002002016[0017]/040-002002043

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File

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1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1789

End Date:

1796

Date Range:

1789-1796

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Custodial History:

British Records Association: MSS presented through, in 1964.

A. W. Turner, of Brighton: Presented by the executors of, in 1964.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

British Records Association
Cowper, William, poet, 1731-1800
Lowth, Robert, Bishop of London
Newton, John, slave trader and clergyman, 1725-1807
Turner, A W, of Brighton