Mary Anne Bacon: Verses and Translations

Scope and Content

A collection of verses and translations by Mary Anne Bacon, with Reboul, boulanger de Lyons: 'Elegie a une Mere' (fo. 6v). Most of the verses are initialled and dated.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Received from the library of Sedley Taylor, 1920.

Other Finding Aids

Full details in descriptions box in Manuscripts Reading Room

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

The verses on fos 2 and 10v were published in Winged thoughts (London, 1851), under the titles of 'Modern Sport' and 'Ancient Sport' respectively. Others were printed at various dates in the Norwich Mercury and other publications, as is indicated by notes at the foot of the verses.

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