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British Library: Add. MS 4454 The religious meditations, verse and autobiographical writings of Katherine Austen (1664-83) Katherine Austen (Author) Item 153 (Verse, Topographical writing), fol. 104r On the Situation of Highbury. So fairly mounted in a fertile soil ... I wish Parnassus to adorn my quill. 16 lines[This poem is numbered '23' in the left hand margin.] [Fol. 104v is blank, except for Austen's page number (151) in the top left-hand corner.] Huntington Library: MS EL 35/B/62 "The Vision", a poem on Ashridge and the history of members of the Bridgewater family (1699) Marie Burghope (Author, scribe) Item 3 (Verse, Panegyric, Topographical writing), pp. 1-25 The Vision. A Poetical Description of Ashridge Com Bucks. Cool was the Western Air, Serene the Day ... And Share in all Things, But its Sinking State The End 689 lines.[A running title reads "The Vision"] Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies: D/EP F36 Miscellany (1670-1710) (Compiler, Scribe) Sarah Cowper Item 54 (Prose, historical, Topographical writing), fols [3r-18v][rev] Britain Cornwall plenteous in tin mines. ... wonders of the peak and other parts, hath a peculiar nature, almost miraculous to other countries, as the natural wonders of their regions are to us. [In between fols [8] and [9] [rev] a small folded diagram has been inserted with the heading, "A Pattern of the Indian Pipe made of Stone". This probably was meant to accompany item 62.] |