Maria Cowper's letters in the Bodleian Library (Mike Webb)

Mike Webb (Curator of Early Modern Archives & Manuscripts) shows items relating to the Maria Cowper letters which have formed the focus of the Bodleian Student Editions initiative, available online on 'Early Modern Letters Online' (EMLO) emlo.bodleian.o...
Part of the Weston Library Coffee Mornings series, cf. tinyurl.com/Co...
Manuscripts on display:
Letters
MS. Eng. lett. d. 289, fols. 88-89 Maria Cowper to Penelope Maitland, 23 Apr 1794 - Tirade against the "vanity and dissipation of London” and modern fashions
MS. Eng. lett. d. 288, fols. 10-11 Maria Cowper to her father Martin Madan, 1 Aug 1744 - includes 'catalogue' of the family (including the pets and other animals)
MS. Eng. lett. d. 288, fol. 27 Maria Cowper to her mother Judith Madan, 7 Dec 1753 - Her son Spencer has acquired a broad Yorkshire accent
MS. Eng. lett. d. 288, fol. 25 Maria Cowper to her mother Judith Madan, 23 Sep 1753 - Visit to Mr Dalston MP in 'wild' Westmorland.
Diaries
MS. Eng. misc. e. 642 Penelope Maitland’s diary vol. 1
MS. Eng. misc. e. 643 Penelope Maitland’s diary vol. 2 and notes of providential interventions in her life by Maria Cowper