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Folger call number: V.a.292
Folger holdings ID: 486302
Accession Number: cs2073
Summary
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In English and Latin Several references to Shakespeare, including a reference to his daughters (specifically Susanna's marriage to Dr. Hall) (leaf 138v), a report of Shakespeare's "natural wit" and his earnings with a memorandum "rememb[e]r to peruse Shakespear's plays and bee versed in [the]m [tha]t I may not bee ignorant in [tha]t matter" (both on leaf 140r), and commentary on the circumstances of Shakespeare's death (leaf 150r) Note on leaf 179v: "This Booke was begunne ffeb. 14 1661 and finished April 25 1663 att Mr. Brooks his ho[use] in Stratford uppon Avon in Warwicke-shire." Initials "I. W." stamped in gold on cover List of contents partially derived from typescript description. Specific location of some references not verified One of several volumes, originally 17 in number, known as "Ward's Diary." 16 of these volumes are now Folger MS V.a.284-299 Medical Society of London MS -- Dr. J.A.S.N. Rosenbach, of New York (Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1928, lot 631) Formerly Folger MS 2073.5 Frank, R.G. Journal of the History of Medicine, 29 (1974) Shakespeare quarterly, VIII (1957), p. 460, 520, 526 Kennedy-Skipton, A.L.D. "John Ward and Restoration drama" Shakespeare quarterly, XI (1960), p. 493-494 Kennedy-Skipton, A.L.D. "A footnote to John Ward and Restoration drama" Shakespeare quarterly, XII (1961), p. 353 Yeandle, Laetitia. "Shakespeare allusions." Shakespeare quarterly, XX (1969), p. 87-88 Extracts included in Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M. : vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679 ... / arranged by Charles Severn (London : H. Colburn, 1839) Also available on microfilm and as a digital reproduction For a microfilm copy of D'Arcy Power's transcript of this and 5 other John Ward notebooks, see Folger Film Acc. 683 (original typescripts held at the Wellcome Trust)
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare: the Globe and the World, 1979-1982 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library (catalog p. 7) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016.Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th-March 27th ,2016.Opening: account of Shakespeare's death
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Alternate titles: Ward's diary
Subjects
Related names
subject: Morison, Robert, 1620-1683
subject: Morgan, Edward, approximately 1619-1689
subject: Wharton, Thomas, 1614-1673
subject: Hollier, Thomas, 1609?-1690
subject: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
subject: Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
subject: Goddard, Jonathan, 1617-1675
subject: Scarburgh, Charles, Sir, 1616-1694
subject: Terne, Christopher, 1620-1673
subject: Fryer, John, 1575 or 1576-1672
subject: Hodges, Nathaniel, 1629-1688
subject: Prujean, Francis, 1593-1666
subject: Earle, John, 1601?-1665
subject: Bathurst, John, -1659
subject: Mayerne, Théodore Turquet de, Sir, 1573-1655
subject: Chamberlen, Peter, 1601-1683
subject: Micklethwaite, John, Sir, 1612-1682
subject: Conyers, William, 1622-
subject: Willis, Thomas, 1621-1675
subject: Lower, Richard, 1631-1691
subject: Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637
subject: Starkey, George, 1627-1665
subject: Gumble, Thomas, -1676
subject: Browne, Thomas, 1604?-1673
subject: Burgess, Anthony, -1664
subject: Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665
subject: Trapp, John, 1601-1669
subject: Pemble, William, 1592?-1623
subject: Tooker, William, 1558?-1621
subject: James, Thomas, 1573?-1629
subject: Butler, Charles, -1647
subject: Vane, Henry, Sir, 1613-1662
subject: Bobart, Jacob, 1599-1680
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Rosenbach, J. A. S. N., Dr.
former owner: Medical Society of London. Library