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Call Number:: OSB MSS 122
Collection Title:: Compton family papers
Container / Volume:: Folder 40
Image Count:: 3
Subject (Topic):: English poetry --18th century, Family --England --Domestic relations, Female friendship --Poetry, Humorous poetry, English, and Occasional verse, English
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A ballad to Mrs. Katherine Fleming at Coleshill in Warwickshire

Call Number:: OSB MSS 122
Collection Title:: Compton family papers
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:: 3
Abstract:: The papers consist of approximately 85 manuscript poems written by, to or for Lady Elizabeth Compton and other family members and a personal account book kept by James Compton from 1716 to 1734. The poems include birthday and wedding poems; elegies on...
Alternative Title:: Account book
Description:: James Compton, Earl of Northampton (1687-1754) married the heiress Elizabeth Shirley in 1716; she became Baroness Ferrers of Chartley in her own right in the following year. The couple moved into Compton Wynates, and extensively restored and altered t...
Subject (Name):: Compton family, Rushout, Anne Compton,--Lady,--1693-1766, and Townshend, Charlotte Compton,--Viscountess,--d. 1770
Subject (Topic):: Amusements--England, Cost and standard of living--England--18th century, and Family--England--Domestic relations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lord Compton's account book, 1716-34