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"A New Song for America's Soldery", n.d., 2 p.
"The True Lover's Song", n.d., 1 p.
"An Other Song", n.d., 1 p.
--all three are typewritten and stapled together
"A Satyr on [illegible], n.d., 2 p.
"A Song for the Drunkards", n.d., 2 p., "By Dr.
Watts"
"A Temperance Song", 1848 May 10, 1 p., "by Miss J. E.
Smith", "(sung by John B. Gough at his first lecture)",
gift of Donald Weinhardt, 1999
"An Ode to death by Michael West of hopkinton ... Wrote Just
before his death", n.d., 2 p., purchased from Gately Bros.,
2005
"Did Joshua solemnly record ...", n.d., 1 p.
"Foolish and vain it is for those ...", n.d., 1 p.
"Here every page some flattery shews ...", n.d.
[1840-1850?], 1 p.
"I'm going on to illinois ...", n.d. [ca. 1852?], 2 p.,
anti-temperance ditty sung to the tune of "Oh, Susannah",
signed by Hetty Snowden, Harriet Wickham, Samuel Wickham, Rachel Ramsey,
and Samuel Ramsey, purchased from R&A Petrilla, 2006
"In Defense of Masonry", 1750/1 January 1, 2 p., "To
Mr. Clio, at North-Hampton", Northhampton
"Mr. Vini Doctor", 1750/1 January 21, 1 p.
--both are photocopies - originals in Misc. mss. under
"Freemasons"
"Indian Hymn", n.d., 1 p.
"Lementation [sic] on the death of Betsey Caroline Emery Æ
14 months", 1810 February 9, 1 p., "composed by Sophia C.
Tenny Æ 12 years Newbury..."
"Let Kossuth still, far from his fatherland ...", n.d., 2
p.
"Lines on the death of C. L. Clark. 'Of such is the kingdom of
Heaven.", [1858?], 2 p., "From a friend", addressed to:
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Clark Hardwick, Mass., gift of John Woodbury,
1989
"Lines to a Fallen Woman", n.d., 3 p.
"Lord from thy throne of flowing grace ...", n.d., 1 p.
"May you my dear sister forever [illegible] ...", n.d., 1
p.
"Oh! carry me back to my loved Carolina shore ...", 1862
December 16, 2 p., The last request of a S. Carolina Volunteer, found on
the person of a dead soldier, at Drainesville Va. Dec 20th
1861."
"On Sunday while the [illegible] was fresh ...", n.d., 1
p., removed from The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
... (New Brunswick, N.J., [1809]), 2001
"On the Death of Mr. John Gale", n.d., 2 p., "composed
by his twin sister"
"Our hero dead a doleful sound ...", n.d., 4 p.,
"Scriptum per Amandam (P.P.-)Tenyson ...", 1778 August, 1
p.
"Scripture wish", n.d., 2 p., "For Master
Dyght"
"Servant of the Heavenly Master ...", n.d., 2 p.
"Since of our lives another year ...", n.d., 1 p., gift of
Avis Gebert, 1997
"Some Love to Roam", n.d., 1 p.
"The Blessed Day", n.d., 3 p.
"The Exile of Erin", n.d., 2 p.
"The Happy Man, and True Gentleman", 1786 February 9, 1 p.,
Grafton, gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Keith, 1969, transferred from the
Graphic Arts Dept., 2006
"The Orphan", 1852, 1 p., "Maria L Moore Newtown L
Island ...", removed from Poems by Clement C. Moore (1844),
1976
"The Robust Youth", n.d., 1 p., includes music
"The Virgins Wish", n.d., 1 p., photocopy-original in
Orderly Books Collection, #2-F
"They are going - only going ...", n.d., 1 p., found in
Newspaper Dept. office, 1997
"To a Friend in Badstown", n.d., 4 p., "Extract of a
letter from a gentleman resident of the west side of the Mississippi on
the banks of the Missouri. Being a description of the country"
"Turn gentle hermit of the dale", n.d., 4 p.,
"Weep! Weep oh Boston! ...", n.d., 1 p., "some
satirical verses on the death of Molincux , yr late hot headed Patriot
in Boston"
Poetry copied in: The pouring out of the seven vials ... /
John Cotton. London: Printed for R.S. and are to be sold at Henry
Overon's shop in Popes-head Alley, 1642, n.d., 7 p., photostatic
copies
Oversize Folder
"Embargo", n.d., 1 p.
"Farewell Hymn, on the Death of Miss Polly Gould", n.d., 1
p.
"The Joy of Grief", n.d., 1 p.
"Upon the Death of ... Mr. Urian Oakes ...", 1681?, 1 p.,
written by Daniel Gookin, Jr.
Octavo Volumes
Octavo Volume 1
Dates: 1778-1789
Author: Hannah Adams (1755-1831)
Contents: "On the Winter. Addressed to Mira";
"On the Spring";
"To Serena";
"On Solitude";
"On Society";
"On the Shipwreck in 1779.
Addressed to Luncinda";
"A Rural Meditation. Addressed to
Miranda";
"To Laura";
"Seraphic Love";
"The Difference between Love and
Friendship";
"On the Marriage of";
"To Laurinda";
"To an Unfortunate Young
Lady";
"To Cleora";
"On the Death of Mr. Heman Harris,
who departed the life August 18th 1782. aged 32. Address'd to Miss
H-----";
"On the Death of Mrs. Fisher";
"On the Resurrection";
"On Leaving Mr B-----'s Country
Seat";
"On the Death of Mrs. Abigal
Prentice";
"On the Death of Miss Betsy Adams.
Who died June 25 1789"
Octavo Volume 2
Dates: n.d.
Author: Elizabeth Paine Trumbull
Contents: "To Winter";
"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick";
"To Miss Margaret Forbes with a box
of cotton & needles";
"To Miss Emma Forbes with a pair of
cuffs";
"To Caroline";
"An acrostical Epitaph on a
favourite dog by my GrandFather Trumbull";
"A Letter to I Forbes at
Canton";
"An Acrostic";
"An Invitation";
"The poetical part of a letter to
Mrs. Perkins describing a visit from Mrs. Grout";
"Letter to Miss M. P.";
"To Mrs. Branish a Letter";
"An Epistle to Mr. S. Paine";
"To Miss P. Perkins";
"Pray My Dear Brother what could
hinder"
Notes: the volume was mistakenly attributed to Louisa Clap Trumbull;
gift of
Benjamin Tighe, 1959
Octavo Volume 3
Dates: 1847-1850
Author: unknown
Contents: "Days gone by";
"My Childhood's Tune" by
Francis Brown;
"A ballad by gretta";
"To Mary";
"To the unsatisfied";
"Funeral Hymn, sung July 22st
1847";
"The Hermit";
"Lady Washington";
"Mary's Dream";
"Death of Genl. Wolfe";
"Thoughts of a dying Hebrew";
"The Village" by C. W. Baird;
"Bonaventura's Hymn";
"Will you love me when I am
old?";
"O'er the Hill";
"No more";
"Judge not lest ye be judged";
"Hatty";
"The Convict to his Mother";
"Weep Not";
"Long of Death";
"My Times are in thy hand";
"The Child's search for
Heaven";
"Fragment";
"There's a Charm";
"Farewell of the soul";
"My Little Cousins" by
Winthrop M. Praed;
"The Loved & Lost";
"Longings";
"To Sleep";
"Death and the Christian";
"Respite";
"Death Song";
"The Broken Household";
"Annie Clayville";
"Yesternight";
"The First Snowfall";
"The Little Boy That Died" by
Dr. Chambers
Notes: the volume also contains many untitled poems
Octavo Volume 4
Dates: undated
Author: unknown
Notes: the volume contains untitled poems; some with illustrations;
bequest
of Michael Papantonio, 1978
Octavo Volume 5
Dates: 1805
Author: unknown
Contents: "Lines on the deceased Mrs. Lydia Mason,
consort of the Rev. Thomas Mason, Northfield";
"An Occasional Address";
"Song";
"Spring";
"Summer";
"Autumn";
"The Miseries of Human Life";
"The Answer";
"An Acrostic";
"Acrostic";
"The Dove";
"Fancy";
"An Acrostic";
"Poetry";
"Contentment";
"The Indian Philosopher";
"Line On reading the
Vagabond";
Notes: the volume may have been a penmanship book
Octavo Volume 6
Dates: undated
Author: unknown
Contents: "The Apple Girl";
"The Mariner's Dream";
"The Soldier's Dream";
"Judy O'Flannikin";
"The Wounded Hussar";
"Laura";
"The Garland of Love";
quot;Song";
quot;Celia";
"Glenowen";
"The Chimney Sweeper"
Notes: gift of Mrs. A. B. Crawford, 1944
Octavo Volume 7
Dates: 1776-1837
Author: unknown
Contents: "Eternity";
"Sick Bed Devotions";
"Another";
"An Acrostick";
"A Song of Praise for
Recovery";
"On My Own Estate";
"An Apropriating Sight of
Christ";
"An Hymn";
"A Short Poem on the War Between
Great Briton & America"
Notes: this volume also includes some untitled poems
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