Mary Anne Rawson's The Bow in the Cloud (1834): A Scholarly EditionMain MenuEditor's IntroductionEditor's IntroductionThe Published AnthologyContains all of the pieces published in the anthology, with an editor's noteSelected Unpublished PiecesTranscriptions of some unpublished pieces sent to RawsonText analysisResults of analysing the anthology and its manuscriptsNetwork AnalysisNetwork analysis prototypes, including a network graph of connections in the archiveMap of PlacenamesA map of all places associated with pieces in the anthologyPeople MentionedBow in the Cloud: PersonographyFurther ReadingsA Bibliography of sources relating to this projectThis project was supported by an NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication in 2023/2024 (FEL-289788). Find project data on GitHub.
Correspondence
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12023-08-01T11:12:46+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Thomas Raffles to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 415/188)18An interesting letter from Thomas Raffles to Mary Anne Rawson, illustrating the difficulty of being able to write about slavery.plain2024-08-15T11:28:42+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-01-09T16:20:44+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from George Thompson to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 415/162)13Letter from George Thompson to Mary Anne Rawson declining to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.plain2024-08-16T13:17:39+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-01-08T14:30:13+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay to George Rawson (English MS 415/159)12Letter from Lord Macaulay to George Rawson declining to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud. Contains an interesting question on Sir Andrew Agnew's 'Lord's Day Bill' and how he and Mrs Rawson argued about it in Hanover Square. Letter published in Pinney's Cambridge UP letters edition (Vol. 2).plain2024-09-09T12:23:32+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-01-08T14:57:19+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Isaac Taylor to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 415/164)12Letter from Isaac Taylor (brother of Jane Taylor and Ann Taylor Gilbert) to Mary Anne Rawson declining to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.plain2024-09-09T16:06:16+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-01-10T09:41:54+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Ralph Wardlaw to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 415/160)12Letter from Ralph Wardlaw to Mary Anne Rawson declining to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.plain2024-08-10T13:19:46+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-01T11:12:20+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Compensation for the Slave, by Thomas F. Buxton11Extract from a letter by T. F. Buxton, MPplain2024-09-14T16:46:05+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-02-08T12:49:11+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from J. W. H. Pritchard to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/67)11Letter from Reverend Pritchard to Mary Anne Rawson. The letter provides interesting evidence of editorial collaboration.plain2024-09-09T16:50:09+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-02T15:49:04+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616The Black Soldier, by George Pilkington9Extract from a letter describing a black soldier in a black regimentplain2024-09-14T15:26:46+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-31T11:36:37+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616The Persecuted Missionary, by William Knibb and Thomas Burchell9Prose piece by William Knibb, with an extract from a letter by Thomas Burchell, another missionaryplain2024-09-14T16:09:03+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-02-16T13:39:26+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from James Montgomery to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/81)9Letter from James Montgomery to Mary Anne Rawson, with suggestions for one of D. Townley's pieces.plain2024-09-09T16:56:55+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-02-13T17:35:51+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/88)8Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson, discussing the contributions of Holland to The Bow in the Cloud, and the movement for the abolition of Slavery in the British Empire.plain2024-09-09T16:54:07+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-03-19T13:49:32+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from William Knibb to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/58)7Letter from William Knibb to Mary Anne Rawson, including discussion of The Bow in the Cloud, and Knibb's views on slavery.plain2024-09-09T17:14:53+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-01T11:12:15+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616The Death of a Female Slave, by William Knibb6Extract from a letter by William Knibbplain2024-08-16T16:54:29+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-01T11:12:49+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from John Bowring to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/45)6Letter from John Bowring to Mary Anne Rawson, thanking her for sending a copy of the published volume of The Bow in the Cloud, and praising the finished article.plain2024-09-09T12:06:57+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-01-25T15:38:25+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Eustace Carey to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/94)6Letter from Eustace Carey in London to Mary Anne Rawson in Sheffield; he relates that she (Rawson) had not been pleased with the bulkiness of the book.plain2024-09-09T16:48:25+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12024-08-06T11:54:32+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from James Montgomery to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/82)5Letter from James Montgomery to Mary Anne Rawson; includes his poem 'The Rainbow', which appears on the title page of the book.plain2024-09-09T17:01:14+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-10-07T15:44:59+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616The Negro Will Work for Wages4Extract from a letter from Jamaicaplain2024-09-11T12:19:23+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-01T11:12:27+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Joseph Watson to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/13)2Letter from Joseph Watson to Mary Anne Rawson. Enclosed is his work titled 'The Slave Dowry'.plain2023-12-11T18:48:27+00:00Ink
Letter from Joseph Watson to Mary Anne Rawson. Enclosed is his work titled 'The Slave Dowry'.
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12023-08-01T11:12:28+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Jane Roscoe to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/6)2Letter from Jane Roscoe to Mary Anne Rawson, including apologies for Roscoe's inability to submit any new work to The Bow in the Cloud, and granting permission for inclusion of her piece 'Sonnet, the African Mother' in the volume.plain2023-12-11T18:40:57+00:00Ink
Letter from Jane Roscoe to Mary Anne Rawson, including apologies for Roscoe's inability to submit any new work to The Bow in the Cloud, and granting permission for inclusion of her piece 'Sonnet, the African Mother' in the volume.
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12023-08-01T11:12:29+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Richard Winter Hamilton to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/30)2Letter from Richard Winter Hamilton to Mary Anne Rawson. His poem 'To a Slave' was published, but the manuscript is not present. Note at the top confirming Ely's forthcoming contribution.plain2023-12-11T19:34:02+00:00Ink
Letter from Richard Winter Hamilton to Mary Anne Rawson. His poem 'To a Slave' was published, but the manuscript is not present. Note at the top confirming Ely's forthcoming contribution.
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Letter from Allan Cunningham to Mary Anne Rawson with his work entitled 'The Slave's Lament'.
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12023-08-01T11:12:18+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Francis Wrangham to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/21)1Letter from Archdeacon Francis Wrangham to Mary Anne Rawson, which includes his agreement to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.plain2023-08-01T11:12:18+00:00Ink
Letter from Archdeacon Francis Wrangham to Mary Anne Rawson, which includes his agreement to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.
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12023-08-01T11:12:25+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Eliza Conder to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/14)1Letter from Eliza (also known as Joan Elizabeth Thomas ('Eliza Thomas'), wife of Josiah Conder) to Mary Anne Rawson. Includes the 'Sonnet' of which the lines refer to a well-attested circumstance that occurred in Egypt.plain2023-08-01T11:12:25+00:00Ink
Letter from Eliza (also known as Joan Elizabeth Thomas ('Eliza Thomas'), wife of Josiah Conder) to Mary Anne Rawson. Includes the 'Sonnet' of which the lines refer to a well-attested circumstance that occurred in Egypt.
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12023-08-01T11:12:26+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/27)1Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, with her work 'West-Indian Salesman', which was not included in the publication.plain2023-08-01T11:12:26+00:00Ink
Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, with her work 'West-Indian Salesman', which was not included in the publication.
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12023-08-01T11:12:26+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from John Sheppard to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/12)1Letter from John Sheppard to Mary Anne Rawson. Enclosed is his work entitled 'Heard ye those Mild Tones of Gladness?'.plain2023-08-01T11:12:26+00:00Ink
Letter from John Sheppard to Mary Anne Rawson. Enclosed is his work entitled 'Heard ye those Mild Tones of Gladness?'.
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12023-08-01T11:12:27+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Willam Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/22)1Covering letter from William Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson for his contributions to The Bow in the Cloud, one of which was written especially for the purpose.plain2023-08-01T11:12:27+00:00Ink
Covering letter from William Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson for his contributions to The Bow in the Cloud, one of which was written especially for the purpose.
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12023-08-01T11:12:27+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Thomas Campbell to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 415/182)1Edited Letter from Thomas Campbell to Mary Anne Rawson, declining to contribute to The Bow in the Cloud.plain2023-08-01T11:12:27+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616
12023-08-01T11:12:30+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/26)1Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, submitting her poem 'Visions of Slavery'.plain2023-08-01T11:12:30+00:00Ink
Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, submitting her poem 'Visions of Slavery'.
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Covering letter for Bernard Barton's contributions to The Bow in the Cloud.
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12023-08-01T11:12:32+00:00Christopher Ohge67a4fbaba4797c94aa865988788fca89b5c37616Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/25)1Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, in which Howitt agrees that both she and William Howitt will provide contributions for The Bow in the Cloud.plain2023-08-01T11:12:32+00:00Ink
Letter from Mary Howitt to Mary Anne Rawson, in which Howitt agrees that both she and William Howitt will provide contributions for The Bow in the Cloud.
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