Commonplace book : Commonplace book c.1716-1736.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Great Britain--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Description and travel.

Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 volume (6 ff.).

Summary:

Diary of important public and private events, 1 August 1714 to May 1728; single satirical verse item, "The British ambassadress's speech to the French king"; notes of account and payment, 3 January 1728 to summer 1736

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:Lt q 3

The writer of the diary is a London wife and mother of a son (who may have contributed one note on a visit to Jersey) and daughter (with whom she visited Oxford and Blenheim, giving descriptive notes)

Local Notes:

Bound, possibly in the 19th century, in limp marbled papers.