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Nichols, John, 1745-1826. Autograph letter signed with initials : Hyley, to John Newdigate Ludford, 1824 Aug. 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : Hyley, to John Newdigate Ludford, 1824 Aug. 16.

About family matters and with news of his children.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 186 x 114 mm. (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270611481 View

J. Nichols and Son. Nichols family papers relating chiefly to The gentleman's magazine [manuscript], 1778-1873 (bulk 1830-1860).

Title: Nichols family papers relating chiefly to The gentleman's magazine [manuscript], 1778-1873 (bulk 1830-1860).

Approximately 6,000 items originally arranged in 50 wrapped bundles. Mostly letters but also articles, poems, clippings, obituaries and business papers dating from the time when John Nichols (1745-1826), his son John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), and his grandson John Gough Nichols (1806-1873) were editors of the magazine. Some of the letters have philatelic interest; see especially Boxes 23 and 24. Also, a few papers of T.N. Brushfield, former owner, ca. 1895.

ArchivalResource: 30 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230410232 View

Pegge, Samuel, 1733-1800. [Notes for a supplement to "A glossary of provincial and local words used in England" by Francis Grose, etc.] [manuscript] / [by Samuel Pegge the younger].

Title: [Notes for a supplement to "A glossary of provincial and local words used in England" by Francis Grose, etc.] [manuscript] / [by Samuel Pegge the younger].

ArchivalResource: [136] leaves (bound) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223180134 View

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. Letter to [John Nichols]. Lausanne, Switzerland. 1792 Feb. 24.

Title: Letter to [John Nichols]. Lausanne, Switzerland. 1792 Feb. 24.

Concerning an article written about his family which appeared in the Gentleman's magazine for August 1788.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122553296 View

Nichols and Son vs. Henry Fawcett, Esq. : arbitration papers re Mssrs. Nichols and Son vs. Henry Fawcett, Esq. : [with] a statement of case on behalf of Mr. Nichols [by] Devon & Tooke, [solicitors of Gray's Inn], ca. 1813.

Title: Nichols and Son vs. Henry Fawcett, Esq. : arbitration papers re Mssrs. Nichols and Son vs. Henry Fawcett, Esq. : [with] a statement of case on behalf of Mr. Nichols [by] Devon & Tooke, [solicitors of Gray's Inn], ca. 1813.

Account of case involving ownership of copyright in the second edition of John Hutchins' History and antiquities of the county of Dorset. Includes history of the publication, with proposals for printing volumes 3 and 4, financial records, and report of the arbitrator.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (67 p.) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81717125 View

Sargeant, William. William Sargeant manuscript, Collectanea: Voyages and Travels, vol. 54, Undated [c. 1800-1810?].

Title: William Sargeant manuscript, Collectanea: Voyages and Travels, vol. 54, Undated [c. 1800-1810?].

Volume 54 of William Sargeant's Collectanea consists of manuscript transcriptions of travel accounts and geographical and historical data about a number of foreign countries. These transcriptions are extracts of published materials from the 1780s and 1790s.

ArchivalResource: 407 pages (1 volume).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/646005589 View

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. Letter to [John Nichols]. Lausanne, Switzerland. 1793 Jan. 16.

Title: Letter to [John Nichols]. Lausanne, Switzerland. 1793 Jan. 16.

Concerning the loss of papers relating to an article in the Gentleman's magazine dealing with his family.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122577066 View

Nichols, John, 1745-1826. Accounts with the engraver Barak Longmate, 1807-1816.

Title: Accounts with the engraver Barak Longmate, 1807-1816.

Manuscript account book kept by the London printer John Nichols, recording services rendered by the engraver Barak Longmate, from 1807 to 1816. The accounts are kept in pen and brown ink throughout, perhaps in a single hand, on paper of varying sizes. One short account of 1811 is recorded on paper with an engraved letterhead reading: "To B. Longmate, engraver in its various branches ...". Also present are small slips of paper bearing Longmate's signed receipt of payment. Affixed to the front endpapers is an engraved silhouette portrait of John Nichols. The accounts give a chronological record of Longmate's work for Nichols. The varied work includes the engraving of portraits, views, plans, and many coats of arms, as well as engraved writing, "pipe writing", and "paging". Longmate is also credited for reworking engravings, here described as "taking out", "cleaning", and "alteration". For each service, the date, activity, and cost is recorded. Example entries for 1807 include: "May 18: Writing to small view of Leicester, 4s"; and "Nov. 10: 2 View of Assembly House & four Houses at Leicester, £6 14s". At the conclusion of each batch of work, the accounts are totaled. There follows an affixed slip of paper bearing Longmate's signed receipt of payment. Nichols does not explicitly record the publications for which Longmate's engraving is done. From 1807 to 1811, his work was partly, or perhaps entirely, for inclusion in vol. 4 of Nichols' History and antiquities of the county of Leicester, published in two parts, 1810-11. Much of Longmate's subsequent engraving concerns the area of Dorset, and was probably used in John Hutchins' History and antiquities of Sherbourne, in the county of Dorset, published by Nichols in 1815. Later work is extremely varied, and difficult to pin to any given work, although some of the engravings are probably for county histories of Durham and Derby. The accounts record over 300 pieces of engraving work by Longmate, for which Nichols paid about £325. The single most expensive piece appears to be plate 98 of vol. 4 of the Leicester history, in which Longmate engraved 4 monuments, 16 small coats of arms, and 12 large coats of arms, at a cost of £9 18s.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([24] p., with blanks) ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702182394 View

Douce, Francis, 1757-1834,. Autograph letter signed from Francis Douce to various recipients [manuscript], 1807-1833.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Francis Douce to various recipients [manuscript], 1807-1833.

Contains 10 letters, many addressed "Dear Sir," and the recipients are presumably J.B. or J.G. Nichols. The letters chiefly concern literary matters; several mention the Gentleman's magazine. Letter before p. 1 of v. 1 is from John Nichols to Douce; letter after p. 120 of v.1 is a copy of a letter from Douce to J.B. Nichols. Some items include integral address leaves; some letters are dated with month and day only. Addressed to and from various locations in London.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688487210 View

England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I). New Year's gift roll of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [manuscript], 1578/9 January 1.

Title: New Year's gift roll of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [manuscript], 1578/9 January 1.

List of gifts given and, on the verso, received by the Queen. Each list ordered by rank.

ArchivalResource: 1 roll (4 membranes) ; 328 x 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501176144 View

Papers, 1777-1822.

Title: Papers, 1777-1822.

Correspondence of printer and writer John Nichols concerning his publishingcareer, and his accounts for the printing of Samuel Johnson's Lives of theEnglish Poets.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01739/catalog View

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814,. Johnsoniana, 1712-1916 (inclusive), 1773-1836 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana, 1712-1916 (inclusive), 1773-1836 (bulk).

This folio of inlaid manuscripts was compiled during the 1930s by an unknown collector. Almost all of the items relate at least tangentially to Samuel Johnson. The collection includes a group of seven slips of paper bearing what appear to be original unpublished anecdotes regarding Samuel Johnson, all in the same hand. Some are on the verso of postal covers addressed to antiquary Richard Gough (1735-1809). Also of note are two watercolor paintings depicting Johnson at the Thrale home at Streatham Park, possibly done by Clarkson Stanfield as illustrations for an 1836 work by John Murray. Much of the remainder of the collection consists of letters which mention Johnson in passing, refer to his biographies, or quote his published works. Five items came from the papers of publisher John Nichols, and seven items relate to Charles Burney. One letter is addressed to Hester Thrale (later Hester Lynch Piozzi); she is also apparently depicted in the paintings.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78680592 View

Bowyer, William, 1699-1777. William Bowyer papers, 1674-1874.

Title: William Bowyer papers, 1674-1874.

Correspondence and other papers relating to William Bowyer's (1699-1777) work as a printer in London. The bulk of the correspondence consists of incoming letters to Bowyer from the scholars Edward Clarke, William Clarke, and Jeremiah Markland, concerning printing, scholarly subjects, languanges including Greek and Hebrew, and family matters. Other correspondents include James Stanier Clarke, Catherine Markland, William Strode, Moses Williams, and William Wotten. Also includes two items written by Bowyer and a few letters addressed to Bowyer's apprentice and partner John Nichols. Letters prior to 1737 may have been addressed to the elder William Bowyer. Two letters in latin, signed "Ambrosius Bonvicus," were probably written by Ambrose Bonwicke as a student at St. John's College, Oxford. Other Papers include a manuscript address for a Mr. Stawell to give to the Duchess of York, an engraving of William Bowyer, an 1874 collection inventory by James Crossley, and proof sheets of an unidentified history of Bowyer's printing business.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702146577 View

Mansel, William Lort, 1753-1820. Letter, 1818.

Title: Letter, 1818.

Correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50658551 View

Miscellaneous photostatic and photographic reproductions of manuscripts, circa, 1900-1999

Title: Miscellaneous photostatic and photographic reproductionsof manuscripts, circa 1900-1999

Photostatic and photographic reproductions formerly held in the Treasure Room ofWidener Library with a few from other sources.

ArchivalResource: 132 volumes and a few separate items

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01856/catalog View