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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)

Provenance

Accession 2019-0168 Purchased, 20 February 2019; Robert and Virginia Tunstall Trust Fund, 2018/2019.

Title
Theodosia Garrow manuscript
Status
Completed
Author
Tanner Greene
Date
2 October 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States