Manuscripts written by Burney

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1. Adventure at Ilfracomb [1817]. Holograph
2. Bonaparte. Holograph. Cover-title: Memory, anecdotes of nearly 12 years residence in France. Describes visit with Madame Jacques Louis David, wife of the painter
3. Busy day; or, An arrival from India. Ms. play in the hand of her husband, General d'Arblay
4. [Camilla; or, A picture of youth] Incomplete holograph (portions of v. 1, 4, 5)
5. Camilla; or, A picture of youth. Incomplete ms. in the hand of General d'Arblay
6. Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an heiress. London: For T. Cadell, 1782. Incomplete holograph, with holograph title-page
7. Codicil to her last will and testament. Holograph
8. "Content! Thou real, only bliss." Holograph poem, mutilated
9. Edwy and Elgiva. Holograph
10. Elberta. Holograph scenes and dialogues for the projected tragedy. Written on 303 scraps of paper
11. [Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world] Incomplete holograph
12. "Examination of Dr. Willis." Holograph notes
13. Hubert de Vere. Holograph
14. Hubert de Vere. Later holograph draft
15. Love and fashion. Holograph
16. Love and fashion; notes for needed revisions. Written on pages of 1801 memorandum and account book kept by General d'Arblay
17. Memoirs of the life of Doctor Burney. Incomplete holograph
18. Memoranda and notes, Miscellaneous holograph. Comprising 63 pieces from diaries and notebooks, 1812-1818
19. Memorandum book, Holograph. Some pages mutilated or wanting. Imprint on The Norfolk ladies memorandum book: Bury St. Edmund's, J. Rackham [1787]
20. Memorandum books and diaries for the years, 1803, 1805-07, 1809, 1817, 1819-21, 1823, 1826 and 1828. Holograph
21. Miscellaneous. About 417 pieces of ms. which include suggestions for dialogues of plays, notes for her novels and misc. memoranda
22. Morning [prayers and quotations from devotional reading] Holograph. First leaf mutilated. "F. B." pasted on cover. "This little book was given me by my beloved Father."
23. Notes. Manuscript. Beginning: "As to Miss Burney - the subscription ought to be for certain persons, five guineas"
24. Siege of Pevensey, The. Holograph
25. Tete a tete dialogue on the fete champetre, A. Holograph
26. Themes (16) written during 1792-93. The themes of Madam d'Arblay are written in French and sent to General d'Arblay, and those of the latter are written in English and sent to Madam d'Arblay
27. To Doctor Last. Holograph poem, written to her father.
28. To Sue on her recovery. Holograph poem
29. Translation of Fontenelle's Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes. Holograph. In the hand of Madam d'Arblay
30. Triumphant toadeater, The. Manuscript in an unidentified hand. Probably not by Frances Burney d'Arblay
31. Verses from the French of Voltaire. Holograph, headed "By Doctor Hawkesworth" in Madam d'Arblay's hand
32. Witlings, The. A comedy. Holograph
33. Woman hater, The. Holograph. Lacks p. 9
34. Woman hater, The. Later holograph draft
35. Woman hater, The. Preliminary holograph notes