Garrow, Theodosia, manuscriptTheodosia Garrow manuscript MSS 16426Tanner GreeneAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2 October 2019

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:52:50 +0000.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Theodosia Garrow manuscript MSS 16426 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/885 0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder circa 1840s Materials are in English. BW 21 [X031750307] Content Description

The Theodosia Garrow manuscript ( 1840s; 0.03 cubic feet) documents Garrow's poem titled "The Doom of Cheynholme". The manuscript consists of 24 pages: 6 gatherings of 4 pages each, tipped to stubs of paper.

 Biographical Note

Theodosia Garrow (1816-1865) was born on 28 November 1816 to singer Theodosia Fisher (circa 1769-1849) and East India Company official Joseph Garrow (1789-1857). Garrow grew up in Torquay, England and made her published debut as a poet in 1839. Garrow met and married Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810-1892) in Florence, Italy on 3 April 1848. Garrow died in Florence on 13 April 1865.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

 Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 16426, Theodosia Garrow manuscript, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Provenance

Accession 2019-0168 Purchased, 20 February 2019; Robert and Virginia Tunstall Trust Fund, 2018/2019.

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