Overview
Papers of poet and naturalist, John Freeman Milward Dovaston.
Dates
- Creation: 1801-1848
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.2 linear feet (1 box)Comprised of a commonplace book, 1821-1848; a collection of letters to Dovaston, 1801-1808 and undated, stitched together but having lost the original binding; and four silhouettes, three apparently of Dovaston by John Bewick. The letters include a child's exercise in Latin and English verse by John Hamilton Reynolds addressed to Dovaston.
Biographical / Historical
John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854) was an English poet, naturalist, and musician associated with the countryside of Shropshire and the Welsh borders.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2007M-57. Purchased with funds from the Perkins fund, 2008 March.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Genre / Form
Creator
- Dovaston, John Freeman Milward, 1782-1854 (Person)
- Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 (Person)
- Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852 (Person)
- Title
- Dovaston, John Freeman Milward, 1782-1854. John Freeman Milward Dovaston papers, 1801-1848 (MS Eng 1881): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 September 20
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03260
Repository Details
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