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Theodosia Garrow manuscript

 Item — Box: BW 21, Folder: [X031750307]
Identifier: MSS 16426

Content Description

The Theodosia Garrow manuscript ( 1840s; 0.03 cubic feet) documents Garrow's poem titled "The Doom of Cheynholme". The manuscript consists of 24 pages: 6 gatherings of 4 pages each, tipped to stubs of paper.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1840s

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical Note

Theodosia Garrow (1816-1865) was born on 28 November 1816 to singer Theodosia Fisher (circa 1769-1849) and East India Company official Joseph Garrow (1789-1857). Garrow grew up in Torquay, England and made her published debut as a poet in 1839. Garrow met and married Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810-1892) in Florence, Italy on 3 April 1848. Garrow died in Florence on 13 April 1865.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

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