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
