Ira James Titus poetry and commonplace book, 1840-1844
1 volume
This collection is a single bound volume containing poems and essays copied by Ira James Titus of Detroit, Michigan, in 1840. Several subsequent entries are by members of the Barlow family.
This collection is a single bound volume containing poems and essays copied by Ira James Titus of Detroit, Michigan, in 1840. Several subsequent entries are by members of the Barlow family. The volume includes several hand-drawn illustrations, including one of a ship. On the final page is a list of female names.
Contents:
- "What is Hope?" by Anna
- "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope
- "The Motherless" by Mrs. Abdy
- "The Funeral at Sea" by Henry J. Finn
- "Ye Sons of Hibernia" by James Gibbons
- "Ode: In Commemoration of the Settlement of Western New York" by William H. C. Hosmer
- "A Song of the Sea" by H.W. Rockwell
- "The Silver Birdsnest" by Hannah Flagg Gould