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Mary Harris Cornwallis commonplace book.
- Title
- Mary Harris Cornwallis commonplace book.
- Author
- Cornwallis, Mary Harris, approximately 1755-approximately 1835.
- Publication
- 1784-1807
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Cornwallis, M. H.) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Description
- 1 volume (93 leaves); 20 cm
- Summary
- Includes anecdotes, observations, and advice from Cornwallis to her daughters on such topics as education, the "cultivation of the mind," marriage, and motherhood. Also includes 24 pages of reading lists, by genre: history, poetry, children's books, religious works, etc. Vellum binding.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Commonplace books.
- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4040).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Mary Harris Cornwallis, of Wittersham, Kent, England, was the author of two religious works. In 1778, she married William Cornwallis (1751-1827), the rector of Wittersham for some thirty years. They had two daughters, Sarah (1779-1803), and the scholar and writer Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858).
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Partial transcript available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Cornwallis, M. H.)
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A89
- Author
- Cornwallis, Mary Harris, approximately 1755-approximately 1835.
- Title
- Mary Harris Cornwallis commonplace book.
- Production
- 1784-1807
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Mary Harris Cornwallis, of Wittersham, Kent, England, was the author of two religious works. In 1778, she married William Cornwallis (1751-1827), the rector of Wittersham for some thirty years. They had two daughters, Sarah (1779-1803), and the scholar and writer Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858).
- Indexes
- Partial transcript available in repository.