“My Lady Jemimah…”
Item — Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers consist of three handwritten short essays, eacah pasted into a bound in full tan calf folio volume: “The Borderland of Dreams” is “a scientific dissertation on the faculty of sleep and the art of going to sleep”; “Metropolitan Conveyances” discusses and criticizes “the Underground Railway and other Metropolitan conveyances” comparing them with “similar institutions in other cities of Europe”; “My Lady Jemimah…” is the story of the courtship and marriage of Lady Jemimah, daughter of Lord Sandwich, and Philip Carteret, son of Sir George Carteret, “reconstructed from sundry notes in the Diary of Samuel Pepys who was apparently largely instrumental in arranging the marriage.”
Dates
- 1870
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet ( (3 folders))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Black, William (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
woodson@rice.edu
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
woodson@rice.edu