Text by Samuel Bottomley, 15 September 1823
Item — Box: Montgomery Manuscripts Box 1
Reference code: 19/1/2/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Handwritten book titled in pencil 'A Treasury of pen and pencil memorials of absent friends', with note above 'Mary Anne Read, Wincobank'.
The volume consists of contributions from friends and acquaintances of Mary Anne Read, in prose, verse or quotation. There are handwritten notes and directions in her hand, as well as several sketches. James Montgomery contributes a four-page poem: 'A Fable', beginning 'A Star would be a Flower; So down from heaven it came…'.
Dates
- Creation: 15 September 1823
Creator
- From the Fonds: Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801 - 1887 (Person)
- From the Fonds: Montgomery, James, 1771 - 1854 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Processing Information
Former Reference Code MS 69, Section 2
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
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Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk