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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3064/2/6/3
Alt Ref NoMS 3161 box bundle
TitlePoetry manuscript and correspondence
Datemid 19th century
Extent1 bundle
DescriptionSmall bundle of papers found in association with other materials of the 8th Earl and possibly belonging to him or a member of his family, consisting of:

Booklet containing manuscript copies of poems including "A meeting of the Manager's of the Aberdeen Infirmary of the Devil among the Doctors"(satirical poem in 29 stanzas); "The new Triumvirate or the Three Worthies vulgarly called Gangrene, que, and chronny" (5 stanzas);
"The Book of the Times or the Wicked of the City pointed out And of those whom the Wicked Tormented &ca" (Biblical parody, prose). Mid 19th century, no author, but with the words Coles [?] Passenger on the cover

Bundled with five letters, undated and 1857, to or from members of the Landsdown family and Ellen Spenser
Access StatusOpen
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