| Description | Commonplace book, inscribed on the first page "Ralph Ross Esq., Presented to him as a New Year's gift, by Miss Wade. 1824". Contains poetry, prose and quotations in various hands (some signed or attributed and dated) and a few drawings, watercolours and small prints. One page of manuscript music, presumably for piano, titled " A Quadrille". NB catalogued by St Clair as 'Moss'; the name on the dedication is ambiguous. However, the signature 'Ra[lph] Darling Ross' appears throughout the volume. |