Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/006835334/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 32 of
32
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Small pamphlet-sized notebook containing handwritten transcriptions of three poems copied by James Diman, likely in the early 1730s. The notebook contains "The Catholic Remedy. to ye Tune of To all you Ladies, not at land &c.," "Father Ab--y's Will. Col. Sweeper Camb: Dec. 1731," and "The Poet's Lamentation for ye Loss of his cat, w'ch he used to call his Muse" copied from the London Magazine, November 1733. The "Catholic Remedy" begins "You Peope who desire to mend / your Desperate Estate..." and includes the note, "Made upon A--D--'s goving over to take orders. The note refers to the voyage of Addington Davenport (Harvard AB 1719) to England join the priesthood of the Church of England in 1730. "Father Ab--y's Will" begins "To my dear Wife, / My joy and Life..." and was a humorous poem published in 1731 after the death of Harvard College Sweeper Matthew Abdy, and attributed to Jonathan Seccombe (Harvard AB 1728). The "Poet's Lamentation" begins "Oppress'd with Grief, in heavy strains I mourn..." and was written by Joseph Green (Harvard AB 1726) as a parody of a psalm composed by Mather Byles (Harvard AB 1725). Pages 10-12, holding part of "Father Ab--y's Will" are missing, and pages 13-15 are no longer attached to the item.".
- catalog alternative "Father Ab--y's will.".
- catalog alternative "Father Abbey's will.".
- catalog alternative "Father Abdy's will.".
- catalog alternative "The Catholic remedy.".
- catalog alternative "The poet's lamentation for ye loss of his cat.".
- catalog contributor b9490502.
- catalog contributor b9490503.
- catalog contributor b9490504.
- catalog date "1730".
- catalog description "Additional manuscript and printed versions of "Father Abbey's Will" are available in the Father Abbey's Will collection in the Harvard University Archives (HUG 1103.5).".
- catalog description "James Diman (1707-1768), a minister in Salem, Mass., was born in East Hampton, Long Island, on November 29, 1707. He received an AB from Harvard in 1730 and an AM in 1733, and he served as College Librarian from 1735 to 1737. Diman was ordained on May 11, 1737 as the minister of the Second Church of Salem and served until his death on October 8, 1788. His son, James Diman, graduated from Harvard in 1768.".
- catalog description "Small pamphlet-sized notebook containing handwritten transcriptions of three poems copied by James Diman, likely in the early 1730s. The notebook contains "The Catholic Remedy. to ye Tune of To all you Ladies, not at land &c.," "Father Ab--y's Will. Col. Sweeper Camb: Dec. 1731," and "The Poet's Lamentation for ye Loss of his cat, w'ch he used to call his Muse" copied from the London Magazine, November 1733. The "Catholic Remedy" begins "You Peope who desire to mend / your Desperate Estate..." and includes the note, "Made upon A--D--'s goving over to take orders. The note refers to the voyage of Addington Davenport (Harvard AB 1719) to England join the priesthood of the Church of England in 1730. "Father Ab--y's Will" begins "To my dear Wife, / My joy and Life..." and was a humorous poem published in 1731 after the death of Harvard College Sweeper Matthew Abdy, and attributed to Jonathan Seccombe (Harvard AB 1728). The "Poet's Lamentation" begins "Oppress'd with Grief, in heavy strains I mourn..." and was written by Joseph Green (Harvard AB 1726) as a parody of a psalm composed by Mather Byles (Harvard AB 1725). Pages 10-12, holding part of "Father Ab--y's Will" are missing, and pages 13-15 are no longer attached to the item.".
- catalog extent ".01 cubic feet (1 volume)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Colonial North American Project at Harvard University. net".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1730".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog subject "Abdy, Matthew, 1650?-1730.".
- catalog subject "American Wit and Humor.".
- catalog subject "Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.".
- catalog subject "Church of England 18th century Controversial literature.".
- catalog subject "Church of England 18th century Doctrines.".
- catalog subject "College wit and humor.".
- catalog subject "Davenport, Addington, 1701-1746.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Songs and music.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Students Humor.".
- catalog subject "Inheritance and succession Humor.".
- catalog title "Poems copied by James Diman, ca. 1730-1733.".
- catalog type "Poems 1731. rbgenr".
- catalog type "collection".