Collection Level Description: Manuscript Copy of 'Memoirs of Cowper.
By Himself' and M.F. Babington's Copies of William Smyth's Memoir of Mr. Sheridan
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. e. 1346-7, f. 798
Title: Manuscript Copy of 'Memoirs of Cowper.
By Himself' and M.F. Babington's Copies of William Smyth's Memoir of Mr. Sheridan
Dates of Creation: 19th
century
Extent: 3 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: unknown, M.F. Babington
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Unknown hand; M.F. Babington (fl. 19th century).
Scope and Content
Manuscript copies of 'Memoirs of Cowper. By Himself' and William Smyth's Memoir of Mr Sheridan:
- exercise book containing a copy, in an unidentified hand, of
'Memoirs of Cowper. By Himself', early 19th century, with minor variants from
the text as first published, Memoir of the early life of William Cowper esq., written by
himself (London: 1816)
- notebook containing copy by M.F. Babington of William Smyth's Memoir of Mr Sheridan (Leeds: 1840);inscribed 'From M.F. Babington to her beloved Mother, Nov. 7th 1842'
- notebook containing another copy by M.F. Babington (?) of
Memoir of Mr Sheridan.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library from Tom Lloyd-Roberts in 1977.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a
card index to unpublished catalogues.
Access Points
Cowper | William | 1731-1800 | poet
Sheridan | Richard Brinsley | 1809-1888 | MP
Smyth | William | 1765-1849 | historian and
poet
Enquiries
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09 June 2011