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040-002059774

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WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXXI (ff. 72). Verses, collected by Charlotte Blunt (afterwards Imhoff by marriage with Sir Charles Imhoff, Hastings' stepson), whose name, with date 1790, is on f. 2. The verses appear to have been collected in many cases at watering-places, many of them referring directly to Bath, Tunbridge Wells, etc., and a number of them are printed in Lady Anne Miller's Poetical Amusements at a Villa near Bath, 1776, etc., and in The Foundling Hospital for Wit, 1768-71. Among the writers represented are :-

Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. f. 62 b. Miles Peter Andrews. f. 9. Anthony Aufrère. f. 52. Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon. f. 16. - Richard Owen Cambridge. ff. 47 b, 53. Charles, Marquis Cornwallis. f. 65 b. William Cowper. f. 53. Richard Cumberland. f. 4 b. Oliver Goldsmith. f. 17 b. Warren Hastings, passim. Dr. John Hawkesworth. f. 36 b. William Hayley. ff. 22, 35. Edward Jerningham. f. 66 b. Francis Newbery. f. 6. Samuel Jackson Pratt. f. 43. Charles Rothman. ff. 8, 8b, 26. Mrs. Sheridan. ff. 13, 34. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. f. 56 b. Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston. ff. 22 b, 58. Richard Tickell. ff. 20, 40, 40 b. Horace Walpole. f. 44 b. At f. 61 b is a sonnet with illustrative pen-and-ink drawing by Warren Hastings. Quarto.

Poetry ENGLISH: Verses collected by Charlotte Blunt, afterw. Lady Imhoff: 18th-19th centt.

Charlotte Imhoff, née Blunt; wife of Sir Charles Imhoff: Album of verses collected by: circ. 1790.

includes:

ff. 1-68 b passim Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Poems by.: Mostly autogr.
ff. 1-68 b passim Poetry ENGLISH: Poems by Warren Hastings: 18th-19th centt.: Mostly autogr.
f. 4 Emma Long: Epigram on: 18th cent.
f. 4 b Richard Cumberland, dramatist: Verses by.
ff. 5, 14 b Miss Westley: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 6 Francis Newbery: Poem by: 18th cent.
ff. 8, 8 b, 26 Charles Rothman: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 9 Miles Peter Andrews: Poem by: 18th cent.
f. 10 Topham [? Edward], [proprietor of ' The World ']: Verses by: 18th cent.
ff. 13, 34, 56 b Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Verses by, and by members of his circle: 18th-19th centt.
f. 16 Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon: Epigram by.: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 16 b Brewster: Verses by: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 17 b Oliver Goldsmith: "Edwin and Angelina " by.: 18th cent.: Copy.
ff. 20, 40, 40 b Richard Tickell: Poems by: 18th cent.
ff. 22, 35 William Hayley, poet: Poems by.: Copies.
ff. 22 b, 58 Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston; Lord of the Treasury: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 24 b Cockerell, wife of Charles Cockerell: Verses on her death: 18th cent.
ff. 27, 47 b Sir Robert Dallas, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas: Epigrams by: 18th cent.
ff. 27, 48, 69 b Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, orientalist: Poems by.: Some autogr.
ff. 27, 48, 69 b Poetry ENGLISH: Poems by N. B. Halhed: 18th-19th centt.: Some autogr.
f. 36 b John Hawkesworth, LLD; writer: Poem, " The Death of Arachne " by.
f. 39 b J- Bankes: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 42 Epitaphs: On Lord Dacre (d. 1794) at Lee, co. Kent.
f. 42 Trevor Charles Roper, Baron Dacre: Epitaph on, at Lee, co. Kent: 1794.
f. 42 Lee, Kent: Epitaph of Lord Dacre at: 1794.
f. 43 Samuel Jackson Pratt, miscellaneous writer: Verses on Waller's walnut tree: 18th cent.
f. 44 b Horatio or Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Verses on fashionable ladies attrib. to: 18th cent.
f. 46 Sermons: Facetious sermon on malt: 18th cent.
ff. 47 b, 53 Richard Owen Cambridge, poet: Verses by.
f. 50 Millard Fillmore, US President: Letter to Hon. C. M. Conrad: 1850.
f. 52 Anthony Aufrere, Author: Verses by: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 53 William Cowper, poet: Lines to Warren Hastings by: 1792.: Copy.
f. 60 Miss Aufrère: Verses by: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 61 b Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Drawings by W. Hastings: 18th-19th cent.
f. 61 b Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India: Drawings by.
f. 62 b Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Prime Minister: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 64 Dr Holmes: Verses by: 18th cent.
f. 64 Martin Bladen Hawke, 2nd Baron Hawke: Epigram by.: 1744-1805.
f. 65 b Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome; 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Poem by.
f. 66 b Edward Jerningham: Poem by: 18th cent.
f. 70 George Lempriere: Verses by: 19th cent.

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Add MS 39871-39904 : WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS, supplementary to the collection in Add. MSS. 28973-29236. They comprise official letter-books,…

Add MS 39901 : WARREN HASTINGS PAPERS. Vol. XXXI (ff. 72). Verses, collected by Charlotte Blunt (afterwards Imhoff by marriage with Sir Charles…

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Latin

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1790

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1790

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1790

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Names:

Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1757-1844
Andrews, Miles Peter, of Add MS 39901
Aufrere, Anthony, Author
Aufrère, Miss
Bankes, J., composer of verses collected by Charlotte Blunt, fl 18th century
Bertie, Willoughby, 4th Earl of Abingdon
Brewster, of Add MS 39901
Cambridge, Richard Owen, poet
Cockerell, wife of Charles Cockerell
Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, army officer and politician, 1738-1805
Cowper, William, poet, 1731-1800
Cumberland, Richard, dramatist
Dallas, Robert, Knight, judge and politician, 1756-1824
Fillmore, Millard, US President, 1800-1874
Goldsmith, Oliver, of Add MS 39901
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, orientalist, 1751-1830
Hastings, Warren, governor-general of Bengal, 1732-1818
Hawke, Martin Bladen, 2nd Baron Hawke
Hawkesworth, John, LLD; writer
Hayley, William, poet, 1745-1820
Holmes, Dr
Imhoff, Charlotte, née Blunt; wife of Sir Charles Imhoff
Jerningham, Edward, of Add MS 39901
Lempriere, George, of Add MS 39901
Long, Emma
Newbery, Francis
Pratt, Samuel Jackson, miscellaneous writer
Roper, Trevor Charles, Baron Dacre
Rothman, Charles
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, of Add MS 39900
Temple, Henry, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, politician and traveller, 1739-1802
Tickell, Richard, of Add MS 39901
Topham ? Edward, proprietor of ' The World '
Walpole, Horatio or Horace, 4th Earl of Orford 1791
Westley, Miss

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Lee, Kent