Cowper, William, (1731-1800), poet

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Surname:	Cowper
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1731-1800
Biography:	ODNB link for Cowper, William (1731-1800), poet
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P136154 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P6778 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Cowper

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1782: translations (26) and poems (2)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	c470	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
2	1757-99: corresp and poems	Princeton University Library	C0136	NRA 175
3	corresp and verses	Cowper Memorial Library		NRA 10540 Cowper Museum
4	corresp and verses	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS, 1979
5	letters and verses	Lambeth Palace Library		See SCONUL newsletter no 17 December 1988
6	corresp and verses	McMaster University Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1977-78
7	corresp and papers	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	D/Z 117	NRA 3507 Herts RO misc
8	1790s: verse translations of Milton's Latin poems and Italian sonnets	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 30801	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	corresp and papers	Buckinghamshire Archives	AR 80/96	See Annual Return 1996
10	literary papers, incl MSS and annotated drafts of verse translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	Rothschild Library Catalogue nos.685-695, 1388, 1468, 1774	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	misc collection of minor works	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37059	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	1799: autograph drafts of final poems	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Dep 9987	See Annual Return 2000
13	1786-89: letters (3) and a MS volume belonging to him	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
14	1813: manuscript copy of memoirs entitled "A Narrative of Cowper's Experience written by himself"	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 1513	NRA 29847 Birming Ref L misc
15	1797-99: record of dreams by John Johnson	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 6755, 5993
16	1793-1804: letters of John Johnson rel to Cowper	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc d 134
17	papers rel to his conversations and effects	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc d 636	NRA 14275 Madan
18	corresp with Walter Bagot etc (c100 items)	The Morgan Library		See NUC MS 84-2144
19	1780s: letters (20) to William Bull	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 3534	See Catalogue MSS 3534-3598
20	1792-93: corresp with William Hayley (1 vol)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 39673
21	1787: letters to Lady Hesketh	Bedfordshire Archives	HG	NRA 669 Higgins
22	1755-93: album of autograph letters (176) to Joseph Hill	Buckinghamshire Archives	AR 112/2006	See Annual Return 2006
23	1767-81: letters (6) from Rev John Newton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 3662
24	1788-95: letters to Mrs Throckmorton with verses	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 1998	NRA 741 Throckmorton See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103a]
25	1770-93: letters to William and John Unwin with poems	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 24154-5
26	1765-95: letters (c100)	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	D/EP	NRA 26283 Cowper
27	letters (1 vol)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Autogr d 21
28	letters	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1141	NRA 10167 Hog
29	1792: autograph letter signed from William Cowper to his 'Dearest brother' [William Hayley] and two letters from William Hayley to William Cowper	West Sussex Record Office	20372	See Annual Return 2022

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1	Hesketh, Lady Harriet, (1733-1807), letter writer	cousins		Family