Houghton MS Am 1013

Title Revolutionary lyrics manuscript
Archive Houghton Library
Call Number Houghton MS Am 1013
Complete Yes
Description

Joshua Francis Fisher, ca. 1779.

3 poems.

Poems satirizing the organizers of the American Revolution.

Format Quarto size, wove paper
Book Size 19cm x 16.4cm
Filled Page Count 19 leaves
Item Count 3
Poem Count 3
Periods
First Line Index No
Digitized Yes
Region
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes

Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.

Minor Themes

Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.

Links
Bibliography
Citation

Houghton MS Am 1013.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/377. Accessed .

Created 2020-04-23 6:01:41 PM
Updated 2023-07-25 11:13:07 AM
First Line Context
Like a Newton sublimely he soar'd

pp. 11–12

Local title: n/a

Attributed author: B.F.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature Note
Author attributions

Regular, but incorrect for 2/3 items.

Binding

Post-bound. No blanks. 

Bound pamphlet style. 

"Revolutionary Lyrics" written on the back-cover.

Decorations - printed

The front cover features a picture of (and verses on) a harp; the back cover features a picture of a group of soldiers and a stanza on the same. Both have a striped border.

Hands

Single.

Indications of use

Annotations. 

Corrections (of punctuation and letters) written beside the text (like an annotation would be) instead of next to or on-top of the text. A very neat manuscript, like an editor's copy. 

Ownership mark

"J. Francis Fisher" written on the front page, and signed on p. 1.