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Add MS 39898
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- 040-002059771
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- 032-002059725
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001215.0x000368
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- Add MS 39898
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WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 102). Poems, by various authors, some of which are printed in The New Foundling Hospital for Wit, 1784. The writers are:-
[Henry] Addington [1st Viscount Sidmouth]. f. 1. Lady [Sophia] Burrell. f. 4. [Richard Owen] Cambridge. ff. 6-12. [George William Coventry, 8th Earl of] Coventry. f. 14. [Richard] Cumberland. f. 15. [Mary] Delany. f. 17. [Thomas] Lord Erskine. f. 18. Nathaniel Brassey Halhed. f. 21. [Joseph] Jekyll. f. 29.
Sir William Jones. f. 30. - Madan. f. 32. - Paine. f. 35. Rev. [Thomas] Penrose. f. 42. Mrs. - Pickard. f. 44. Mrs. P- Rochfort. f. 46. William Spencer. f. 50. [? Sophia] Streatfield. f. 52. Rev. [Ferdinando Tracy] Travell. f. 53. C[aleb] Whitefoord. f. 56.
At the end (f. 79) are a number of poems by Warren Hastings, and at f. 85 a caricature of John Wilkes (a wash drawing), probably by Hastings.
Poetry ENGLISH: Poems chiefly collected by W. Hastings: 18th-19th centt.
includes:
- f. 1 Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Prime Minister: Poem ("The Regent, a rhapsody") by, in W. Hastings' hand: 19th cent.
- ff. 2, 4 Sophia Burrell, wife of Sir W Burrell, 2nd Baronet: Verses by: late 18th cent.: Copies.
- ff. 6-12 Richard Owen Cambridge, poet: Verses by.
- f. 14 George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry: Verses by.
- f. 15 Richard Cumberland, dramatist: Verses by.
- f.17 Mary Delany, wife of Dr. Patrick Delany: Verses by: 1784; 18th cent.
- f. 18 Thomas Erskine, Lord Chancellor and 1st Baron Erskine 1806; d.1823: Verses on Burke's speech at the Warren Hastings trial by.: [1788].
- f. 21 Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, orientalist: Poems by.: Some autogr.
- f. 21 Poetry ENGLISH: Poems by N. B. Halhed: 18th-19th centt.: Some autogr.
- ff. 28 Elijah Barwell Impey, son of Sir Elijah Impey: Verses by.
- f. 29 Joseph Jekyll: Verses by: 19th cent.
- f. 30 Sir William Jones, orientalist and jurist: Verses by.
- f. 32 Madan [?Rev. Martin]: Ballad, "The Metamorphosis": [?bef. 1750].
- ff. 35-41 Paine: Burlesque letters and verses by: 18th cent.
- f. 42 Reverend Thomas Penrose: Verses by: 18th cent.
- f. 44 Mrs Pickard: Verses by: 18th cent.
- ff. 46, 48 Mrs P- Rochfort: Verses by: 18th cent.
- f. 50 William Robert Spencer, Commissioner of Stamps: Verses by: 1799.
- f. 52 ? Sophia Streatfield: Verses by: 18th-19th cent.
- ff. 53, 54 Reverend Ferdinando Tracy Travell: Note to Warren Hastings, with verses: 1808.
- ff. 56-60 Caleb Whitefoord: Verses by: 18th cent.
- f. 65 Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire: Verses on Shakespeare's mulberry, tree: 18th cent.
- f. 65 William Shakespeare: Verses on his mulberry tree at Stratford: 18th cent.
- f. 71 Samuel Pechell, d 1782 Master in Chancery: Posthumous character of, by W. Hastings.
- ff. 79-101 Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Poems by.: Mostly autogr.
- ff. 79-101 Poetry ENGLISH: Poems by Warren Hastings: 18th-19th centt.: Mostly autogr.
- f. 84 Robert Calder, 1st Baronet 1798; Rear-Admiral 1799: Verses on: circ. 1805.
- f. 85 John Wilkes: Caricature of, [?by Warren Hastings]: 18th cent.
- f. 85 (?) Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Drawings by.
- f. 85 (?) Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Drawings by W. Hastings: 18th-19th cent.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- 032-002059725
040-002059771 - Is part of:
- Add MS 39871-39904 : WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS, supplementary to the collection in Add. MSS. 28973-29236. They comprise official letter-books,…
Add MS 39898 : WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 102). Poems, by various authors, some of which are printed in The New Foundling Hospital… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002059725[0018]/040-002059771
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 18th century-1st quarter of the 19th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1757-1844
Burrell, Sophia, wife of Sir W Burrell, 2nd Baronet
Calder, Robert, 1st Baronet 1798, Rear-Admiral 1799
Cambridge, Richard Owen, poet
Coventry, George William, 6th Earl of Coventry
Cumberland, Richard, dramatist
Delaney, Mary, artist, 1700-1788
Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor, 1750-1823
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, orientalist, 1751-1830
Hastings, Warren, governor-general of Bengal, 1732-1818
Impey, Elijah Barwell, son of Sir Elijah Impey
Jekyll, Joseph, of Add MS 39898
Jones, William, orientalist and jurist
Madan ?Rev. Martin
Paine, of Add MS 39898
Pechell, Samuel, Master in Chancery, d 1782
Penrose, Thomas, Reverend
Pickard, Mrs
Rochfort, P-, Mrs
Shakespeare, William, of Add MS 39302
Spencer, William Robert, Commissioner of Stamps
Streatfield, ? Sophia
Travell, Ferdinando Tracy, Reverend
Whitefoord, Caleb, of Add MS 39898
Wilkes, John, of Add MS 39898 - Places:
- Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire