Kilderbee, Caroline. Poetical miscellany compiled by Caroline Kilderbee

Folger bibliographic ID: 222415
Folger call number: M.a.183
Folger holdings ID: 252486
Accession Number: cs1287

Chiefly poetry, mostly of a frivolous nature and nearly contemporary date, with some prose anecdotes, epitaphs, inscriptions, etc

General notes

The watermark date is 1812. The first 116 leaves are in one hand, the few remaining entries being in several hands. Many dates attached to entries, apparently not those of writing and not in increasing order, still show a general increase up to 1824, near the end of the first hand. The autograph of the compiler is on the front flyleaf. She wrote the first 116 leaves. Foliation includes 15 blank leaves Original black roan, rebacked (Folger 1953)

Extended title: Poetical miscellany compiled by Caroline Kilderbee ca. 1812-1863
Alternate titles: Commonplace book, ca. 1812-1863

Epitaphs

compiler: Kilderbee, Caroline, active 1812-1863