Edward Carpenter, 1793
Scope and Contents
A notebook or copybook with marbled paper covers and a paper label reading “Edwd: Carpenter’s Lib. 5 mo. 24th. 1793”. Contents include “Advice to a young man”, poetry including Mary Chandler’s “On Solitude” and Pope’s “The Messiah”, and various biblical passages and paraphrases all executed in a fine Italic cursive script. Beyond his name, the author is not readily identifiable, and no geographic information is given, though the book is likely to be American and possibly Quaker in origin, given the formatting of the date on the cover.
Dates
- 1793
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu