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Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717. William Blathwayt papers, 1646-1796 (inclusive), 1668-1703 (bulk).

Title: William Blathwayt papers, 1646-1796 (inclusive), 1668-1703 (bulk).

The papers contain correspondence, newsletters, diplomatic papers, and reports documenting Blathwayt's career and English foreign policy and history in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 linear ft. (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702133017 View

Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Letters of Matthew Prior George Stepney [manuscript] 1694-1713.

Title: Letters of Matthew Prior George Stepney [manuscript] 1694-1713.

Prior Letters addressed to "My Lord and Patron" apparently Robert Sutton while Prior was abroad during the Wars of the Palatinate, during the negotiations leading to the Peace of Ryswick, 1697, and later, 1712-13, while Prior was present at the conference leading to the Treat of Utrecht, 1713. Stepney letters, generally addressed to "My Lord" and written from various European cities as Stepney moved about on diplomatic missions.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm (negative)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647927164 View

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

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Stepney, George, 1663-1707. Letters : to Adam de Cardonnel, 1702-1705.

Title: Letters : to Adam de Cardonnel, 1702-1705.

Letters containing political intelligence from Stepney, the appointed envoy-extraordinary in Palatine, to Cardonnel, secretary to John Churchill, some include extracts of other correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 219 items ; 32 cm or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612860215 View

William Blathwayt papers, 1646-1796 (inclusive), 1668-1703

Title: William Blathwayt papers 1646-1796 (inclusive), 1668-1703

The papers contain correspondence, newsletters, diplomatic papers, and reports documenting Blathwayt's career and English foreign policy and history in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 12; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 5.75

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.blathway View

Great Britain. Board of Trade. Letter : to the Earl of Jersey : 1699 Jan. 15.

Title: Letter : to the Earl of Jersey : 1699 Jan. 15.

Letter refers to Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, and his recommendation on behalf of Jews of Jamaica.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (1 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612819633 View

Stepney, George, 1663-1707,. Autograph letter signed from George Stepney, Vienna, to Mr. Watkins [manuscript], 1704 December 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from George Stepney, Vienna, to Mr. Watkins [manuscript], 1704 December 10.

Encloses an inscription for Brigadier Cadogan's Draught of Hochstadt as requested.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318647327 View

Stepney, George, 1663-1707,. Autograph letter signed from George Stepney, Lipstadt, to Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1694/5 February 14/24.

Title: Autograph letter signed from George Stepney, Lipstadt, to Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1694/5 February 14/24.

Mentioning some verses on which he would like Dryden's comments.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/414961014 View