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Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763. Autograph signature and endoresement : [London], to Henry Davenant's bill of extras as envoy to Tuscany, 1721 Aug. 4.

Title: Autograph signature and endoresement : [London], to Henry Davenant's bill of extras as envoy to Tuscany, 1721 Aug. 4.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736. Papers of Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1680-1737.

Title: Papers of Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1680-1737.

Materials written by or to Jacob Tonson I or Jacob Tonson II, with a handful of bills addressed to Jacob Tonson III. Autograph manuscripts by prominent literary figures such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Richard Bentley, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and John Vanbrugh as well as letters from others, chiefly members of the Kit-Cat Club. The correspondence is representative of both Tonson's professional and personal activities: several letters concern gathering engravings and subscriptions for a fine edition of Caesar's Commentaries (ultimately published by Samuel Clarke), while others thank Tonson for his gifts of cider. Transcripts of 10 letters from Alexander Pope concern Lewis Theobald's Shakespeare. Correspondents: Joseph Addison, Roger de Coverley (pseud.?), Francis Atterbury, William Congreve, S. Compton, Thomas Creech, Henry Molins Davenant, John Dennis, John Dryden, Charles Fitzroy (Duke of Grafton), George Montagu (Earl of Halifax), Elizabeth Jekyll, Joseph Jekyll, Basil Kennett, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Henrietta Churchill (Duchess of Marlborough), Henry Pelham, Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle), Thomas Bowers, Richard Newton, Daniel Pulteney, Thomas Wentworth (Earl of Strafford), John Somers, Charles Seymour (Duke of Somerset), Abraham Stanyan, Charles Stanhope, George Stepney, Sir John Vanbrugh, George Wilson. In addition to letters, the collection contains copyright assignments, receipts, bills (including one for expenses associated with the funeral of Jacob Tonson), drafts of the elder Jacob Tonson's will, and poems.

ArchivalResource: 83 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318644369 View

Anacreon. Copies of Theocritus and Anacreon poems, translated into Italian, ca. 1695 or 1717 [manuscript], ca. 1700-1725.

Title: Copies of Theocritus and Anacreon poems, translated into Italian, ca. 1695 or 1717 [manuscript], ca. 1700-1725.

This manuscript volume contains two works. The first is Gli Idillij di Teocrito Tradotti in Verso Toscano, translated by Anton Maria Salvini, ca. 1725 (foliated 1-95). The second work is a translation of Anacreon, Le Poesie d'Anacreonte teio tradotte dall'Originale Greco in verso Toscano, ca. 1700 (foliated 1-20).

ArchivalResource: 123 leaves ; 31 x 22 cm.

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Dennis, John, 1657-1734,. Autograph letter signed from John Dennis, London, to [Henry] D'Avenant [manuscript], 1706/07 March 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Dennis, London, to [Henry] D'Avenant [manuscript], 1706/07 March 20.

He is sending D'Avenant a copy of his new book, An essay on the opera's after the Italian manner...

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Davenant, Henry. Request for payment, 1721 Aug. 3.

Title: Request for payment, 1721 Aug. 3.

DS. Request granted and signed by Carteret.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24892859 View