My Children.

(Juvenile.) ABBOTT (Thomas Eastoe)

My Children.

Description: manuscript in ink on a single sheet of paper, 2 pp., folio, signed at end with initials, various folds, dust-staining and fraying to edges

Publication Details: Hull: 1816

Notes: A hymn to his children, comprising 16 3-line stanzas, with 'My Children' as the refrain at the end of each one. A moving statement of Regency paternal pride and satisfaction, as well as sincere piety.Together with an ALS to his mother, presenting her with a copy (plus one to lend) of his 'The Triumph of Chrisianity', published by Hatchard in 1819, plus a few others for distribution among friends in his native Dereham. This book was dedicated to William Wilberforce. And: Manuscript Document recording the swearing in of Abbott as Surveyor for the County of Gloucester...moreA hymn to his children, comprising 16 3-line stanzas, with 'My Children' as the refrain at the end of each one. A moving statement of Regency paternal pride and satisfaction, as well as sincere piety.Together with an ALS to his mother, presenting her with a copy (plus one to lend) of his 'The Triumph of Chrisianity', published by Hatchard in 1819, plus a few others for distribution among friends in his native Dereham. This book was dedicated to William Wilberforce. And: Manuscript Document recording the swearing in of Abbott as Surveyor for the County of Gloucester HIDE