One bound autograph manuscript with texts of hymns and poems by Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith. The verses are preceded by an autograph letter of dedication to Smith's father Thomas Scott; the letter is signed and dated 1740. Following the verses is a manuscript index of first lines in an unidentified twentieth-century hand, four typed pages of poems by Smith transcribed in 1920 from another manuscript, and a single folded leaf, tipped in, which has a manuscript poem titled "The Complaint," signed by Thomas Scott.
Description:
Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith (1708-1776) was the daughter of Thomas Scott (1680-1746), independent minister at Norwich, England. A poet and hymnist, she married American Congregational minister Elisha Williams (1694-1755) in Norwich in 1751 and moved with him to Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1761 she married a prominent New York jurist, William Smith (1697-1769) and lived with him in New York City. After his death she returned to Wethersfield to reside at the home of Ezekiel Williams (1729-1818), the nephew of her first husband, until her death on June 13, 1776., Spine title: Hymns & : Poems By : Eliz Scott., and The volume descended in the family of Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith's brother-in-law Solomon Williams (1701-1776). Inscribed inside front cover: "Anna Williams, / Given me by Grandm[other] / Elisabeth Smith," "Thos. S. Williams / from his brother / S. P. Williams / July 1826," and "Isaac Parsons."
Subject (Name):
Scott, Thomas, 1680-1746., Scott, Thomas,--1680-1746., Smith, Elizabeth Scott Williams,--1708-1776., Williams, Anna,--1759---Autograph., Williams, Samuel Porter,--1779-1826--Presentation inscription to Thomas Scott Williams., and Williams, Thomas Scott,--1777-1861
Subject (Topic):
Hymns--Great Britain. and Poets, English--18th century.