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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Call No.: MS Eng 1313
Creator: Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844.
Title: Letters to Anna Seward,
Date(s): 1788-1847 (inclusive), 1788-1796 (bulk).
Quantity: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Letters to English poet Anna Seward from English biographer Henry Francis Cary.

Acquisition Information:

Historical Note

Cary was an English biographer and translator, as well as an Anglican minister and a librarian. Anna Seward was an English poet and author.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Includes letters from Cary to Seward concerning Cary’’s poetry, Seward’’s poetry, Italian poetry in general, and the nomination of Cary as a fellow at Oriel College with a list of current fellows. These letters also mention the writings of Spencer, Rousseau, Milton, Dante, among others. Most of the letters also include verses by Cary.

Container List

• Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844. 15 A.L.s. to Anna Seward; 1788-1796.
  All excepting no. 8 publ., H. Cary, Memoir of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. (London, 1847)
  • (1) [n.p.] 21 Oct 1788. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "T. Listov & H. Cary's answer to T. W."
  • (2) Sutton Coldfield, 14 Nov 1788. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Hail to my friend! from Stygian gloom abhorr'd..."
  • (3) [n.p.] 2 Dec 1788. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Urban! Thy volume where Instruction join'd..."
  • (4) [n.p.] 26 Jan 1789. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Bless'd Patron of that fair enchanting Art..."
  • (5) [n.p.] 5 Mar 1789. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Say favor'd Bard, to whom her costly store..."
  • (6) Sutton Coldfield, 24 May 1789. 1s. (3p.)
  • (7) same, 1 Jun 1789. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Spenseric sonnet"
  • (8) same, 17 Aug 1789. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem attr. to T. Lister "Light rest the earth upon thy beauteous head..."
  • (9) same, 27 Aug 1789. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "Sweet to the musing bard, who winds along..."
  • (10) Oxford, 7 May 1792. 1s. (4p.)
  • (11) same, 19 Oct 1792. 1s. (4p.)
  • (12) Oxford, 5 May 1793. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains poem "The Cosmetic" attr. to Christopher Sherive.
  • (13) same, 4 Dec 1793. 1s. (4p.)
  • (14) Cannock, 11 Dec 1795. 1s. (2p.)
    Contains poem "Deva, when next my vagrant steps explore..."
  • (15) same, 15 Jan 1796. 1s. (4p.)
    Contains later version of poem "Deva, when next my vagrant steps explore..."; also contains sketch for title-page of Anna Seward's Llangollen Vale.