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2.
A spirituall testament dedicated to the Ladyes Vavasor and Ingram

Published / Created:
[ca. 1700]
Call Number:
Osborn c126
Image Count:
40
Description:
At back of volume, in a different hand: Mrs. Dillope�s dyeing instructions to her daughter taken from her own mouth. and Ladies Vavasor and Ingram are the writer�s sisters (p.1, 11.2-3); thus the author may have been Miles Stapylton (or Stapleton, 1660-1731).
Subject (Topic):
Death --Religious aspects --Christianity --Prayer-books and devotions --English, Devotional literature, English --18th century, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A spirituall testament dedicated to the Ladyes Vavasor and Ingram

3.
Commonplace book, [1807 and later].

Creator:
Bradley, Hester
Call Number:
Osborn d93
Image Count:
52
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript collection of original religious poems, verse prayers, and metrical hymns, dated 1803-1831. Also includes: some dedicatory, elegaic, and occasional poems of a religious nature; poems on nature and on friendship; an abolitionist poem; some riddles.
Description:
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inscriptions on front pastedown: Hester Bradley 1807; and in another hand, in pencil: Quaker poetess., and Paper watermark: 1806.
Subject (Topic):
Christian poetry, English, Hymns, Prayers, Quakers--Poetry, Religious poetry, English, Religious poetry--Women authors, Women authors, and Women--Religious life--Poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1807 and later].

5.
Mary Delany letters to Fanny Burney, 1784-1787

Creator:
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788
Call Number:
OSB MSS FILE 19668
Image Count:
22
Abstract:
Nine manuscript letters to Fanny Burney, dictated and signed by Mary Delany. Subjects include the health of the two women and of friends; plans for visits and holidays; the publication of Charles Burney's Musical Catalogue; and Burney's appointment as Second Keeper of the Queen's Robes
Description:
Mary Granville Delany (1700-1788) was an English Bluestocking, best-known today for her flower collages and other paper artworks. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814., Burney family., Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840., and Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788. (Mary),
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers, Female friendship, Women, Social networks, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mary Delany letters to Fanny Burney, 1784-1787

6.
Mrs. Delany correspondence, 1780-1788

Creator:
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 75
Image Count:
87
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of 51 letters from Delany to her friend, Mary (Hamilton) Dickenson; several of them have been annotated by Dickenson. Some of the letters are in Delany's hand; others are in the hand of her niece Georgina Mary Anne Port and other secretaries. The letters contain primarily matters of routine correspondence, including invitations to tea; numerous references to Miss Hamilton's enviable proximity to the Queen and Delany's delight with the reception of a locket containing a lock of the Queen's hair; and inquiries and updates about the health of various acquaintances. Occasionally Delany sends her artwork to Miss Hamilton, and on June 22, 1785, she sends her congratulations on Miss Hamilton's marriage to John Dickenson. The collection also includes one letter to "Sally Sandford" asking her to entreat Delany's godson to visit Mrs. Dickenson
Description:
Mary Delany (1700-1788), courtier and artist, married Alexander Pendarves (1660-1725) in 1718. After his death in 1725, she lived in London, going to court functions, the opera, and the theater. She made many important friendships during this time, with whom she would carry on an extensive correspondence. In 1743, she married Patrick Delany (1685/6-1768) and moved to Dublin. When he died in May 1768, she returned to London, and in 1774 she began her so-called paper mosaics of flowers and plants; she had produced almost a thousand pages by 1784. She is also known for her correspondence with her family and her friends between 1725 and 1788, which was published by Lady Llanover in 1861-2., In English., Available on microfilm, Written on front cover: list of contents, which includes items no longer in the manuscript., Pasted into front cover: dealer's description of manuscript., and Binding: half calf over marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788. (Mary),, Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788 (Mary),, and Dickenson, Mary Hamilton, 1756-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Letters, Women authors, Court and courtiers, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Delany correspondence, 1780-1788

7.
My brothers washing

Published / Created:
1765
Call Number:
Osborn b419
Collection Title:
Account and recipe book
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Manuscript volume, on paper, in several hands, containing accounts and recipes apparently recorded by members of the Bones family of Essex. There are thirteen cookery recipes for wines and cordials, orange water, oyster loaves and gingerbread. Medical rec
Subject (Topic):
Women authors
Collection Created:
1661-1788
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > My brothers washing

8.
No. 21 from May 9 to Nov 6, 1757

Creator:
Anthony, Susanna, 1726-1791
Osborn, Sarah, 1714-1796
Call Number:
GEN MSS 361
Collection Title:
Sarah Osborn-Susanna Anthony papers, 1757-1769
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Sarah Osborn and Susanna Anthony were Congregationalist writers on religion, and were close friends. Both lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
Description:
Holograph diary. Holograph notations on cover: July 27 a remarkable dream about my mother-in-law querying with me. / July 2nd 1764 blessed be God for the experience of his mercy ...
Subject (Topic):
Diaries, Diarists, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > No. 21 from May 9 to Nov 6, 1757

9.
[A Collection of devotional verse], [ca. 1655-1668]

Creator:
Newell, Elizabeth
Published / Created:
[ca. 1655-1668]
Call Number:
Osborn b49
Image Count:
19
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single Italic hand, of a collection of 8 religious poems, mostly written in iambic couplets. The collection includes a series of dated """"Poems upon Christmas day,"""" """"A Paraphrase on Simeon?s Song,"""" """"Paraphrase on Seneca?s Thyestes,"""" and two poems titled """"Changes and Troubles."""" The poem titled """"A Dialogue"""" stages a conversation among Christ, Justice, and a Sinner, and the final poem is a lengthy work in four-line stanzas entitled """"A Poetical meditation, wherein the usefullness excellency and several perfections of Holy Scripture are briefly hinted at by J. C."""" Followed, in the same hand, by four pages of psalms.
Description:
First few pages are missing. and Teaching resource: English Paleography Examples, 16th-18th century
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Bible. O.T. Psalms, English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, Religious poetry, English, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A Collection of devotional verse], [ca. 1655-1668]