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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826. John Pinkerton letters, 1775 Dec 14-1815 Jan 31.

Title: John Pinkerton letters, 1775 Dec 14-1815 Jan 31.

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of several hundred letters written mostly to, by, and about John Pinkerton, primarily related to his professional life as a historian and poet. Many of the letters concern his or his correspondent's research in Scottish history and their reactions to recently published works on antiquarian topics in the history of the British Isles as well as publications about Scottish literature, especially poetry and ballads, or requests to borrow or obtain copies of books or requests for copies of manuscripts in libraries. Many concern Pinkerton's efforts to publish his own works as well as works of others, including letters from Dodsley and John Nichols responding both positively and negatively to his requests to publish his Scottish ballads and other works, and provide insight into the world of publishing as well as literary societies and libraries in the 18th century. The correspondence contains references to the long relationship between France and Scotland and France as a continued resource for important manuscripts in resolving questions of early Scottish history. In a 23 July 1786 letter to Pinkerton, Samuel Knight discusses his reaction upon reading Horace Walpole's play Mysterious Mother; other letters discussing morality plays refer to a Walpole letter of October 18, 1786; a letter dated 25 August 1792 from Mary Berry expressing a desire that Pinkerton visit Lord Orford at Strawberry Hill. Other letters of note: an inventory of portrait paintings at Taymouth Castle (Scotland); a letter from Charles Vallancy which endeavors to interpret the names of ancient Pictish kings; another which narrates Vallancy's fruitless search for the Psalter of Cashell in the Trinity College library and Gailic duain. Many letters address Pinkerton's interest in geology and geography, including one about "Scots fossils" and others about mountains in South America. Numerous other letters acknowledge Pinkerton's gifts of his own works to them, including one from the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth upon receiving a donation of his own History of Scotland. The four volumes are accompanied by two indexes, originally from vol. 4, one alphabetical and one chronological, though some of the letters indexed here have since been removed.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. ; 27 cm.

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Book trade collection, 1729-1812

Title: Book trade collection 1729-1812

Receipts and short notes concerning the book trade in London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Booksellers include Thomas Caddell, Thomas Longman, Thomas Lowndes, George Nicol, John Nourse, Paul Vaillant, Thomas Vernor, John Whiston, and John Wilkie. There is one long letter from Andrew Millar to David Mallet about the sales of Mallet's edition of the works of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.5

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[Commonplace book], [ca. 1842].

Title: [Commonplace book], [ca. 1842].

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 70 entries, many of them humorous, concerning both local and more famous personages. One anecdote dated 1842 describes an elderly neighbor's dream of heaven, with the note "I have written the above exactly as my Brother told it me-having read over the memorandum to him-whence this is copied." Other vignettes concern George Nicol, bookseller to King George III, Samuel Johnson, and David Hume; longer anecdotes include "Don Miguel's Fleet off Madeira...from my journal kept from day to day beginning August 15th 1828"; an anecdote of the misfortunes of the Duke of Luxembourg during the French Revolution; and an account of "The Battle of the Maypole" at Fiddleford and Okeford, Dorset in 1781, "written from Mr. Tiggard Furnell's dictation. About two years before his death - which took place on Oct 31. 1837." The volume also contains several verses, including The Manse by William Knox, Lines by Jane Campbell, "Eleven years of age"; and Madeira Fashionables, dated "1826 or 1827."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (140 p.) ; 17 x 10 cm.

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Hayley, William, 1745-1820. William Hayley manuscript material : 2 items, 1792-1818

Title: William Hayley manuscript material : 2 items, 1792-1818

· To Ann Flaxman, wife of the sculptor John Flaxman : 1 autograph poetical Valentine signed : Feb 1818 : (MISC 3743) : begins, "Will the dear Nancy smile to see / A Valentine of seventy three?" · To George Nicol, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jan 1792 : (MISC 4028) : regarding Hayley's biography of Milton, which would be published two years later by Nicol and others as part of The Poetical Works of John Milton; also asking about their mutual friend the poet Joseph Warton.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

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Fridenberg, Robert, d. 1946,. Collection of letters and documents relating to American and English booksellers and printers, 1732-1884 (bulk 1732-1814).

Title: Collection of letters and documents relating to American and English booksellers and printers, 1732-1884 (bulk 1732-1814).

Miscellaneous letters, invoices and related documents from 18th and 19th century American and English booksellers. Among the American documents are a substantial number addressed to the Boston bookseller John West and his firm. Other American booksellers and printers represented, based in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, include: Henry Bult, Samuel Campbell, Conrad & Co., Joseph Crukshank, Alexander Denham, Hugh Gaine, William Gowans, David Hall, David Hogan, John Scott Hylton, Jacob Johnson, T.S. Manning, James Rivington, Moses Thomas, and C.P. Wayne. Included with the American collection is a tribute addressed to British novelist Jane Porter from the "booksellers and publishers of New York City" (1844). American correspondents include but are not limited to: Major Jellas Fonda, John Moore, H.E. Robinson, E.B. O'Callaghan, and the firm of Toule & Bugbee. The English (London) material is limited to the 18th century, and the booksellers and printers represented are: Charles Arbuthnot, Thomas Becket, James Bettenham, Cadell & Davies (Andrew Becket), Charles Corbett, R. Dalton, Robert Dodsley, Archibald Hamilton, John Hughes, William Jackson, and Andrew Millar. Also: Samuel Paterson, Craven W. Richards, William Strahan, Paul Vaillant, and Wingrave and Collingwood. English correspondents include but are not limited to: John Nourse, George Selwyn, and the firms of Cadell & Davies and Wingrave and Collingwood (F. Wingrave).

ArchivalResource: 78 items (1 box)

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Nicol, William, 1777-1857,. Autograph letter signed from William Nicol, London, to James H. Hackett [manuscript], 1839 August 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Nicol, London, to James H. Hackett [manuscript], 1839 August 19.

Nicol writes about the edition of Shakespeare, generally called Boydell's, that was planned by his father [George Nicol] and edited by Steevens. Address appears on item as: Shakespeare Printing Off., 60 Pall Mall. Letter is addressed "Dear Sir."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428976275 View