Joseph Johnson Letterbook 1795-1810

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Joseph Johnson Letterbook 1795-1810

Copies of about 240 outgoing letters from the bookseller and publisher Joseph Johnson (in his own hand, and by copyists) to various individuals, including many of the writers he published.

ca. 240 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310146

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Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

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Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 – July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Born in Philadelphia, Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner...

Hartley, David, approximately 1731-1813

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British diplomat. From the description of Address of David Hartley, 1774. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452811 Diplomat of Great Britain. From the description of Papers of David Hartley, 1787-1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83923446 David Hartley was a British statesman and inventor. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1770-1784]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466040 From the guide to the David Hartley papers, [ca. 1770-...

Longman, Thomas Norton, 1771-1842

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e6 ...

Manners and Miller

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Skrimshire, F. (Fenwick), 1774 or 1775-1855

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Hutchinson, Benjamin, 1729?-1804

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Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832

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D. and A. Cowan

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Bell, John, approximately 1736-1806

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Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802

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Epithet: Mayor of Hull British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x000311 English poet, scientist, and physician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Derby, to an unnamed correspondent [probably Andrew Knight], 1800 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518285 English physician, naturalist and philosopher. From the description of Letter, 1795, Nov. 8 : Kent, to ...

Belsham, Thomas, 1750-1829

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Murray and Highley

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Conder, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1831

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Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815

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Surgeon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Sir Peter Burrell , 1788 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529298 ...

Murray and Cochrane

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Turton, William, 1762-1835

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Fellows, John, 1759-1844

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Epithet: Deputy Governor of the South Sea Co. Title: Baronet 1719 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x000250 ...

Seagrave, J.

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Ballantyne, James, 1937-

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Cottle, Joseph, 1770-1853

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Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808

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Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850

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New York Presbyterian clergyman, author, historian, and professor. From the description of Papers, 1790-1814. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760960 Samuel Miller was a Presbyterian clergyman, author and professor of church history at Princeton Theological Seminary. From the description of Compend of Biblical History : manuscript, 1817 / by Samuel Miller, D.D. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155904581 ...

Carr, John, Sir, 1772-1832

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Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809

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English bookseller and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Cowper, 1782 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871157 Joseph Johnson, bookseller and publisher, lived in London from 1761 until the last few years of his life. A Dissenter, known for his progressive political views and for his role in bringing together many of the leading intellectuals of his time, Johnson was notable for publishing such writers as Maria Edgeworth,...

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849

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Irish novelist and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, to August Louis, Baron de Staël-Holstein and Achille-Léon-Victor, Duc de Broglie, 1826 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994866 Irish-English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Dominique François Jean Arago, the French scientist, [n.d., paper is watermarked 1818]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742984 ...

Arden, Thomas S., -1805

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Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744-1817

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Epithet: of Add MS 37888 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0001de Epithet: of Add MS 35755 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0001dd British author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Edgeworthstown?], to Mr. Elliott, 1807 Jul. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742999 Epithe...

Oxenham and Company

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Parr, Bartholomew, 1750-1810

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Lackington, Allen and Co.

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Dugdale, Bennet

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Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824

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Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish [née Hervey; other married name Foster], duchess of Devonshire (1757-1824), society hostess and patron of the arts. From the description of Letters from Elizabeth Cavendish to her banker Jean-Franc̦ois Perregaux, n.d., 1790-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203227 ...

Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823

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Publisher, bookseller and author. Thomas Dobson was born in Scotland, emigrated to America in the Spring of 1784, and settled in Philadelphia. He published the first comprehensive encyclopedia produced in the United States. From the description of Thomas Dobson letter, [manuscript], 1806 November 6. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318652146 Bookseller in Philadelphia. From the description of Receipt, 1808 Apr. 18, Philadelphia, to William Wallis Woodwar...

Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804

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Joseph Priestley was an English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist whose work contributed to advances in liberal political and religious thought and in experimental chemistry. He is best remembered for his contribution to the chemistry of gases. He relocated to Northumberland, Pa. From the description of Joseph Priestley papers, 1777-1835. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53101438 Priestley and Vaughan, amongst others, founded...

Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806

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English poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to her publisher [Cadell], 1798 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663279 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weymouth, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [London publishing firm], 1796 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664068 Charlotte Smith was a British poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, Petworth, to Thomas Cadell, and engra...

Hayley, William, 1745-1820

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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...

Baynes, R.

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Gilbert and Hodges

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Barlas, William

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Morgan, Lady, (Sydney), 1783-1859

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Sydney Morgan, née Owneson, Lady Morgan, Irish-born novelist and socialite. From the guide to the Sydney Morgan, Lady Morgan manuscript material : 22 items, 1809-1858, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Sydney Owenson Morgan, Irish novelist, published her first volume of verse in March 1801 and her most famous novel, The wild Irish girl, in 1806. She married surgeon Sir Thomas Charles Morgan on 20 January 1812. They moved...

Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839

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Epithet: abolitionist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000283 Thomas Cooper, born in London in 1759, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1794. Well-known for his political beliefs, Cooper eventually pursued a career as a science professor and became the second president of South Carolina College in 1821. From the guide to the Thomas Cooper Papers, ., 1819-1837, (University of North Carolina at Cha...

Hollis, John, 1757-1824

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Wollstonecraft, Charles

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Sullivan, William, 1774-1839

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Sullivan was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1795, served on the Massachuetts General Court (1804-1830), and was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1830). From 1830, he devoted most of his career to writing about political institutions of the United States. From the description of Letters to Sarah Cutler, 1832-1836. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337895 A pencil notation on the item suggests that Sullivan was the son of Mass...

Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829

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English physician and natural philosopher. From the description of Papers, 1817-1829. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007362 Epithet: natural philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00030a English chemist. From the description of Letter, 1810 May 22, to John MacMurray. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644626 From the description of Autograph lette...

K. E. Mercier and Co

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T. & J. Swords (Firm)

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