- 18th Century American manuscript poetry by an American girl:
Boston?, None, 1799, Unique. Soft Cover, 8vo, 28 Pp. 19.7 x 16 cm. Ill.: None. Very Good/None. No.¶ Bound in part of an issue of a Boston Newspaper not long after August 2nd 1798. It includes a number of dated notices, of which this is the latest date. Many poems are separately dated and one datelined. The first poem, for example, titled "The Wish" is date lined, Middleboro, December, 1798, has 4 stanzas, and occupies 1 ¾ Pp. "The Flower Bed" is dated "Written in Autumn 1797." Another titled "Autumn's Decay" of 2 ¼ Pp. is dated "Written in Autumn 1799." "A Birth Day Reflection" - September 9, 1800", -the last 4 lines crossed out. With other excisions, throughout. The next poem is titled "On General George Washington who died Sattirday[?] Decem.." It is dated December 15, 1799, one day after Washington's death. It takes up most of a page. The latest dates on the poetry are in 1800. They include a sonnet, and a Ballad of 15 stanzas. The poetry is by turns conventional and doggerel. But it is the work of a girl written between the ages of 14 and 16, and a remarkable survival. It shows a good deal about the education, models of thought and literature presented a child in federal Boston. In pencil on the last page of poetry is written: "Mother was born 1784 and died September 7, 1863." Clearly and legibly written in pen throughout, a few, small, faint stains. Covers a bit fragile but VG..
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