Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).
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Thorburn, Robert, 1818-1885
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Scottish miniature painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Upper Berkeley St. [London], to "my dear Christie", 1849 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572285 ...
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The King's remembrancer is an officer of the British judiciary who is responsible for the collection of debts due to the monarch. From the description of King's remembrancer records, 1288-1289 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370071 George Downing, nephew of John Winthrop, first governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, was born in Dublin . His family emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts in 1638, and Downing was among the first graduat...
Grimaldi, William, 1751-1830
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Clint, George, 1770-1854
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Mssr. de Bon
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René Descartes, 1596-1650
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Davies, Susanna, d. 1801
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James Driver
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William Dodd, 1729-1777
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Lenthall, William, 1591-1662
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Speaker of the House. From the description of Letter signed : Westminster, to Francis Underwood, 1648 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270599100 ...
Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, 1755-1829
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Adams, William, 1706-1789
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Archdeacon of Landaff, and master of Pembroke College in the university of Oxford. Friend and instructor of Samuel Johnson. From the guide to the William Adams letter and autograph, 1764, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
John Batteley.
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Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766
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Historian, biographer, and Secretary of the Royal Society from 1752-1765. From the description of Thomas Birch letters to George Lyttleton : London and Bedfordshire, 1750-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148261 From the description of Thomas Birch letters to George Lyttleton : London and Bedfordshire, 1750-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81161180 ...
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Sir Philip Sidney.
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William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, 1705-1793
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John Nichols
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William Makepeace Thackeray, 1769-1849
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Colebrooke, George, Sir, 1729-1809
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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x00019e ...
Farmer, Richard James, 1959-
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Richard Farmer (1735-1797) was born in Leicester on 28 August 1735. He attended the free grammar school at Leicester, before entering Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A., 1757; M.A., 1760; B.D., 1767; D.D., 1775), where he became a tutor in 1760. He was appointed master of Emmanuel in 1775, and was vice-chancellor of the university, 1775-1776 and 1787-1788. Farmer was made prebendary and chancellor of Lichfield in 1780, and prebendary of Canterbury, 1782, and of St Paul's, 1788. He died at Emmanue...
Sharpe, Joshua
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Epithet: of Lincoln's Inn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000c7 Discovered by Columbus in 1493, and settled by Englishmen from St. Kitts in 1632, Antigua was a British colony for over 330 years. For most of this history, Antigua was administered as part of the British Leeward Islands, and like many of the Leeward Islands, was dominated by a slave-based sugar plantation economy. From the gu...
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
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English engraver and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to [Joseph] Ames, [no year] "Sept. 8 Monday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584764 Epithet: of Sloane MS 4066 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x000157 ...
Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vm49qf (person)
English antiquarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Dr. William Lloyd, 1687 Jul. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583835 ...
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s5qgd (person)
Mr. Warden
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b13rxm (person)
Robert Lowth, 1710-1787
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60b0dkv (person)
John Dryden, 1631-1700
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm9x06 (person)
Hughes, John, 1677-1720
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pn9m3s (person)
English poet, tragedian and essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to his patron William, Lord Cowper, Lord Chancellor, [?1719]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871074 ...
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr9jhm (person)
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m8036 (person)
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg30hm (person)
English Prime-minster. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Grosvenor Sq., to Mr. Pulteney, 1768 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656097 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1776 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852880 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Earl Temple, 1779 Dec. 19. (Unknown). ...
Heberden, William, 1767-1845
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f77m3q (person)
Heberden (Oxford, M.D. 1795) was the only surviving son of William Heberden (1712-1786). He studied in London at St. George's Hospital and was physician there from 1793 to 1803. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1796) and belonged to the Royal Society. For most of his life he was physician in attendance on the king and queen of England, and he was chief consultant to George III in his last illness. He retired from active public practice in 1812, a widower with nine children; he...
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6db9t5k (person)
English lawyer. From the description of Autograph document signed : [London?], 1768 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129702 ...
Trivier ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb14p5 (person)
Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, Earl of, 1807-1889
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j397j9 (person)
Mrs. Murton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n723vb (person)
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj2ncx (person)
Françoise d' Aubigné, the marquise de Maintenon, was a member of the Court of Louis XIV of France and became the morganatic wife of Louis XIV in 1685 or 1686. From the description of [Letter, 1710? Aug. 23 to] Madame du Perou / FA. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 271111196 Second wife of King Louis XIV of France. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to [Madame de Caylus], undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...
Bond, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd0qjb (person)
Epithet: Distiller, of Shoreditch British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x00037b ...
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3cx2 (person)
José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...
Mr. Frazer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq60f2 (person)
Parsons, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km98nj (person)
Epithet: attendant at Philharmonic Society concerts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0001a2 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x000033 Epithet: Captain; Commissary of Stores in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...
Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl Temple, 1711-1779
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr7kbb (person)
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d36xv (person)
Plunket, William Conyngham Plunket, Baron, 1764-1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g6p23 (person)
Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d50wsb (person)
Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, socialite and political hostess. From the description of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 435534158 From the guide to the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) 1st wife of William Cavendish, 5 duke and 8 earl of Devo...
William Hyacinth, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b1395c (person)
Thomas, Jefferson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k93ngg (person)
The head of the family, Philip Barraud was the son of Daniel Barraud of Norfolk, Va. Born 8 October 1757. Served as a surgeon in the American Revolution. Moved to Williamsburg in 1782. Married Ann Blaws Hansford in 1783. Moved back to Norfolk in 1799 to accept position as head of Marine Hospital in Norfolk. Died 26 November 1830. From the guide to the Barraud Family Papers, 1779-1904., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...
Allan Ramsay
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cq0nr6 (person)
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6db86t8 (person)
Empress of Austria 1740-1780. From the description of Edicts, 1740-1742. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630318 Mother of Marie Antoinette. From the description of Letter signed, with autograph postscript : Vienna, to the Count de Pallavicini, "Marechal de mes armées", 1761 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867803 ...
Catherine Read
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf2698 (person)
Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood, 1748-1810
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66c15bd (person)
MacBean, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ds6msh (person)
Duponchelle Charles Eugène Duponchel?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bm4t85 (person)
Richard Bentley, 1662-1742
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx8tzx (person)
Foundling Hospital
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p68tj7 (corporateBody)
B., J.
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Robert Adam, 1728-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60b0ctk (person)
Abbott, Lemuel Francis (British painter, ca.1760-1803)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jv38g4 (person)
Jean Racine, 1639-1699
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64c6hdq (person)
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg7t1q (person)
Southey, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m718n1 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000122 Epithet: of Add MS 37425 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000125 Robert Southey (1774-1843), poet, was born at Bristol on 12 August 1774. He attended schools in Corston and Bristol before entering Westminster School in 1788, from which he was expe...
Bibliothèque du roi (France).
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp79vd (corporateBody)
Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron, 1750-1810
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg32ms (person)
British admiral, commander of the Mediterranean fleet; of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland Co., Eng. From the description of Papers, 1807-1809. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19348331 Admiral who took command on Nelson's death. From the description of Manuscript of a general order, signed : Euryalus, to Rear Admiral the Earl of Northesk and the officers of the fleet, 1805 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535598 Collingwood wa...
W. Walker
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nt48d6 (person)
William Carter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g01b6c (person)
Jack, Thomas C.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx7n2m (person)
Epithet: Secretary of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x00008a ...
Christopher Wilson (1713 or 14-1792).
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6333gvx (person)
Mrs. (Frances Barton) Abington, 1737-1815
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk8xd0 (person)
James Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, 1748-1823
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q387gk (person)
William Tooke, 1744-1820
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69455x2 (person)
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd6wcp (person)
Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...
Thou, Jacques-Auguste de, 1553-1617
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8bb3 (person)
French lawyer, magistrate and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Isaac Casaubon in London, 1611 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572452 Jacques Auguste de Thou was a French writer, historian, statesman, and a principal architect of the Edict of Nantes and signer of the Treaty of Loudun in 1616. His political offices included Counsellor of State and Director of Finances. He served as the head of the Royal Library ca. 1591. ...
Roger Jenyns.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx6g0s (person)
Sir Charles Hardy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk9zvm (person)
Angélique Richer Philidor
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q388b6 (person)
Ann Catley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1w9g (person)
Croft, Herbert, Sir, 1751-1816
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r509kq (person)
Baskerville, John, 1706-1775
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr061c (person)
Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69899mk (person)
English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to G. Manning, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879350 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1845 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879348 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Graves, 1838 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879352 Epithet: landscape painter and lithographer ...
Lady Catherine Aston
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66546t5 (person)
C. Steele
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk3n58 (person)
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67946zn (person)
Epithet: RA; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x00034a Anglo-American painter. From the description of ALsS : 1814-1852. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617150 British painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81331228 Epithet: RA; of Egerton MS 2075 ...
Mayor, John E.B. (John Eyton Bickersteth), 1825-1910
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f50m75 (person)
James V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w95734 (person)
East India Company
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r8265w (corporateBody)
The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk2tq7 (person)
Anthony Benoist
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw46z5 (person)
Dominico Passionei?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61m3qvc (person)
Joseph Black, 1728-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz4b9x (person)
J. Mechell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm50c2 (person)
Henry? Brooke.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn9nt2 (person)
Bromley, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf5s0g (person)
Epithet: Sec of State British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000167 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0003a9 Epithet: of Add MS 37273 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0003a8 Epithet: of Bagington ...
Toynbee, Paget Jackson, 1855-1932
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60z77rw (person)
Paget Jackson Toynbee (1855-1932) was a Dante scholar. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Paget Toynbee's concordances to Dante's, Convivo, Vita nuova, and part of the, Canzoniere, 1898, (University of Oxford, Taylor Institution Library) ...
Mayor Johnstone
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6915nkb (person)
Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6903ds1 (person)
Edward Dilly
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1s3j (person)
Mr. Pere ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc2vt7 (person)
Mrs. Frances? Reynolds
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz8n32 (person)
William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, 1672-1729
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw8fhb (person)
F. L. (François-Louis), comte? d'Escherny
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z74z75 (person)
Charles Grignion
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6196z77 (person)
R. (Robert) Potter.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x77fk8 (person)
Sir William Dolben, 1727-1814
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k3sxp (person)
John Waldron Crabbe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h4hqf (person)
Richard Clark, 1739-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68n18h8 (person)
R. H. Jenkins ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k50609 (person)
Warner, Joseph, 1717-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rh06mc (person)
Henry Edridge
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68770vk (person)
William? Walker, 1729-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x6t4m (person)
Thiriot, Nicolas-Claude, 1696-1772
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf4g16 (person)
William Phillips, 1775-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs8wp1 (person)
I. White
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62377fv (person)
Alexander & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q65zj2 (corporateBody)
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kw5f27 (person)
James Stuart, also known as "The Old Pretender," was the son and heir of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland), who was deposed in 1688. Raised in exile in France, Stuart never gave up his claim to both crowns, and after Jacobites in Scotland rose in rebellion against the new Hanoverian king in 1715, James landed in Scotland in hopes of seizing power. The rebellion failed, and James returned to France in 1716. He died in Rome in 1766. From the description of Coppie of the ...
Sydenham, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g54vn8 (person)
Epithet: Colonel; of Stowe MS 184 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0002f5 Epithet: Auditor of Receipt of Exchequer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000154 Epithet: Colonel; of Add MS 18739 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descriptio...
Rados, Luigi, 1773-1840
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Dodd, William, 1729-1777
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq089g (person)
William Dodd (1729-1777) attended the University of Cambridge, and was ordained as a minister in 1752. He published a wide variety of works from 1747 onward, including poetry, a novel, theological writings, and his most successful work, The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752). In 1767, he founded Pimlico Chapel in London behind Buckingham House, in an effort to attract royal patronage. Dodd grew increasingly desperate for money to pay debts. On 1777 Feb. 1, he forged the name of a former pupil on a b...
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r212b1 (person)
Artist and engraver. From the description of Diary of James Barton Longacre, 1825-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015152 ...
Sylvester? Harding
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp7r5f (person)
R. Page
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qh2m9r (person)
Churchill, George
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Epithet: Chairman Fordingbridge branch of South Hants Conservative Association British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000135 ...
Charles Ford
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Prince George, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz2msz (person)
Marsland, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6333dhm (person)
Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz7njm (person)
Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk613r (person)
Alexander Pope, 1763-1835
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62943t2 (person)
Middleton, Nathaniel
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j12pks (person)
Epithet: Resident at Lucknow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0000dd ...
Charles de Guise Cardinal de Lorraine
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z16std (person)
Lubin, Jacques
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6236mvd (person)
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x5nsf (person)
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c53p1t (person)
Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...
Warner & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h3rgt (corporateBody)
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6px09df (person)
John William Parker, 1820-1860
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6390n9r (person)
P. Mazell Peter Maxell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jc0c1k (person)
Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814
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Keith, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w47pqm (person)
Title: 10th Earl Marischall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0002dc Epithet: Quaker; of Stowe MS 305 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000249 Epithet: of Ostend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000005...
W. Folkes ?
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Wills, James
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j8077k (person)
William? Holl
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd3r0q (person)
Frances Grainger
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc6ht6 (person)
Sir Walter Scott.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg9z3t (person)
Folkema, Jacob, 1692-1767?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pt1jdp (person)
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6915t4k (person)
Droeshout, Martin, 1601-....
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bv8sbk (person)
Bourke, Joseph Dean, 1735 or 1736-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc1q5p (person)
Nathaniel Nichols
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc6kkw (person)
Mr. Cooke
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r8kts (person)
Hannah More?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr6h13 (person)
James? Thomson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nt597r (person)
John Warner.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w39tb (person)
Mr. Garron
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6362c04 (person)
Charlotte Lennox.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb3nq8 (person)
Sir James Eyre, 1734-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr9z0v (person)
J. K. (John Keyse) Sherwin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64s1t3n (person)
Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf29z1 (person)
Chapone, Mrs. (Hester), 1727-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6988sbd (person)
Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of Hertford, 1719-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g5g7q (person)
Saunders, Joseph
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv4r32 (person)
Marriott, ...
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Epithet: of Berkeley Square British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x00023b ...
Sir William ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs92mk (person)
Mrs. Beecroft
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx5s5g (person)
Greene, Richard, 1716-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6862msw (person)
T. Willes James Wills
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz7w98 (person)
Temple, William Johnston, 1739-1796
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The author was a friend of James Boswell, and the Vicar of St. Gluvias in Penryn, Cornwall. From the description of Diaries : manuscript, 1780-1791. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612835415 William Johnston Temple (1739-1796), Church of England clergyman and essayist, friend of James Boswell and Thomas Gray. In 1767 Temple married Anne Stow (1741-1793). The Temples had eight children; one, Francis (1770-1863), became an admiral, and another, Octavius ...
Charles Manley ?
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P. Mortier Jr.
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Bourke, Michael
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Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
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Henry St. John Bolingbroke was born in Battersea in 1678. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He married the daughter of Sir Henry Winchcomb. After entering parliament in 1701, he devoted himself to politics, joined the Tory party, and soon made himself prominent as an orator. In 1710, he was made Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1712, he was called to the House of Lords by the title of Viscount Bolingbroke. In 1724 he returned to England, but after being blocked from a political futur...
Home, John, 1722-1808
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John Home was an English dramatist. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191526558 John Home, Church of Scotland minister and playwright. From the description of John Home manuscript material : 2 items, (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427652648 From the guide to the John Home manuscript material : 3 items, late 18th-early 19th century, (The New York Public Library...
Count Oeynhausen.
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Francis Barazzi
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Duc l'Otranto
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A. Anker? Smith
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Knapton, John, 1696-1770-
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George Dance
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Murray, John
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Epithet: publisher, d1843 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002e6 Epithet: of Add MS 31910 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0002a4 Epithet: Ambassador to Turkey (1765) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x000298 Epithet: o...
House of Lords (Musical group)
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Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
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Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
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Mrs. Priestley
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Magdalen? Garrick
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O. G. (Oscar Gustav) Rejlander
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Anton Leonardo Belgodere
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Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
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English admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Marshall, 1784 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490947 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Sir James ...?, 1782 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490916 ...
William Walsh, 1663-1708
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Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844
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John Jortin, 1698-1770
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw5dzx (person)
A. Hertochs Hertocks
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Mrs. Smythe
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Marechal de Villeroy
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Gerard? Edelinck
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Seignelay, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1651-1690
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1683-1690 Secretary of State of the Navy. Epithet: French politician Title: 2nd Marquis de Seignelay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00031d ...
Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,
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Edward Baines, 1774-1848
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Mr. Leder
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Beckett, Isaac
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Mr. Hand
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Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
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British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...
J. (Jesse) Ramsden.
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Joseph Warton, 1722-1800
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Warren, Thomas, d. 1767
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Guglielmo? Silvestri
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Paracelsus
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German physician, born Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. From the description of De tartaro et eius origine in corpore humano, et quod ex eo podagra, calculi in renibus et vesica et quamplurime aliae aegritudines oriu[n]tur : ms., [between 1561 and 1572]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442930 ...
Holbein
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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000347 ...
Macmillan, Alexander, 1818-1896
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Scottish publisher. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Macmillan & Co., 29 & 30 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, W.C., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1868 Dec. 1 to 1877 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126572 ...
Temple, William, 1628-1699
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English statesman and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Hague, to Sir Robert Southwell, 1669 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888513 From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Hague, to, Sir Richard Bulstrode, 1675 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888514 English diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Hague, to Sir Richard Bulstrode, British Envoy at Brussels, 1...
Sir William Rumbold
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Garrick, Peter, 1710-1793
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Joseph Cradock
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Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
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The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754 as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. From the description of American correspondence of the Royal Society of Arts, 1755-1840. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122598603 The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754, and the scope of its work is very wide, covering scientific, technical, industrial, commercial, and artistic matters. From the description of Selected materials...
Markland, Jeremiah, 1693-1776
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Mr. Hookham.
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Augustus Pugin
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824
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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...
Thomas Osborne.
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Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781
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Epithet: brewer, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and Streatham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0003a3 Epithet: of Southwark British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0003a4 Epithet: MP, husband of Hester Lynch Thrale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...
Taylor, Isaac, 1829-1901
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Epithet: Rector of Settrington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000213 English philologist, son of Isaac Taylor (1787-1865). Taylor studied at Trinity College and Cambridge. The publication of his Words and Places (1864) made him known, but his publication of The Alphabet (1883), brought him a wide reputation. He published The Origin of the Aryans in 1890 and Names and their Histories in 1896. ...
Mr. Harding
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Liverpool, Charles Jenkinson, Earl of, 1727-1808
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Title: 1st Earl of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000052 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London] to Mr. Strahan, 1776 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590173 British statesman. From the description of Papers, 1792-1822. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851888 ...
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812
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Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586
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Denny, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 27447 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000006 Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000005 ...
Robert Jephson.
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Cardon, Anthony
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Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792
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George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
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George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on September 8, 1762. George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768. In August 1783, George Augustus came of age and assumed his seat in the House of Lords on November 11. He aligned himself with the Whig party which soon fell from fa...
Orrery, Charles Boyle, earl of, 1674-1731
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Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
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English master shipwright and Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham. From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 699487642 From the description of Letter signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1666 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698778321 From the description of Letter signed : Greenwich [London], to [Edward] Gregory, 1665 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698771809 From the de...
W. H. (William Henry)? Toms
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Sir John Hawkins.
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Anne, daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor?
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Mr. Symmons
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Francis Kyte
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q37q2m (person)
Pepys, William Weller, Sir, 1740-1825
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Taylor, John, 1711-1788
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Mr. Leslie
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Tassie, James
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Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903
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Francis Colman?
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Harriet Birch
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z97v7 (person)
Hunt, Leigh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd2xwr (person)
Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000289 Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0003cb ...
George Steevens, 1736-1800
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Laurie, Charles
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Geoffroy ...
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Frans Hals
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Marcus Gheeraerts
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Horace Walpole, 1717-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w613959p (person)
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...
James Thomson, 1700-1748
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Mr. Peacock
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p63bn (person)
Potenger, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk726w (person)
John Levett?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k78b14 (person)
James Maule Earl of Panmure
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R. H. (Robert Harding)? Evans
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Pye, Charles, 1777-1864
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Engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Euston Place. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615894 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x000213 ...
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
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English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : [London], to an unidentified correspondent, 1760 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891755 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Charles Townshend, 1761 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623045 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Lord Sackville], 1758 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623042 From the description of Autog...
William, Oliver
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Lady Emma Hamilton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk62zc (person)
William Fleming, 1729-1795
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b7x8v (person)
John Walker, fl. 1784-1802
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Granger, James, 1723-1776
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Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825
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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x0000b1 ...
Baines, Matthew Talbot, 1799-1860
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Epithet: of Add MS 28509 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000196 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0003dd ...
Thomas Webster
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John Murray, 1778-1843
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Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
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Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
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Lord Mansfield, a British judge and parliamentary debator, served as Solicitor General (1742), Attorney General (1754), Privy Councilor (1756), and Lord Chief Justice (1756-1788). From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1765-1769. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339899 English judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincoln's Inn, to the Marchioness of Annandale, 1744 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606367 ...
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
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Critic and journalist. From the description of John Payne Collier correspondence, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453934 Epithet: of Add MS 34574 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e1 Epithet: of Add MS 37907 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e3 John Payne Collier, English liter...
Elizabeth Smith.
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Captain (Robert) Batty
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn04jw (person)
Havell, Daniel
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Peters, Matthew William, ?- 1812
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James? Fordyce
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M. J. Moseley Isaac Danforth
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Windham, William, 1750-1810
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Epithet: Secretary-at-War British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000d8 Epithet: of Egerton MS 1970 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000cb Epithet: of Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000ce British statesman. ...
F. Knight
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Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg9qrf (person)
Hamilton, Archibald Hamilton, Duke of, 1740-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp9t3x (person)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s187m9 (person)
Dr. John Allen (1771-1843) was a political and historical writer. In 1791 he graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh. In 1801, in his capacity as a doctor, he accompanied Lord Holland to Spain, and on his return to England became a regular inmate of Holland House. Although he served in 1806 as under-secretary to the commissioners for treating with America, Allen is best known for his social life at Holland House, especially as documented in his diary. He also helped Lord Holland to...
Samuel Barrington, 1729-1800
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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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James Drummond, Earl of Perth
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k4p4h (person)
John Cowslade
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Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674
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Fisher, Henry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md8pv2 (person)
Epithet: of Walcot, in Bath, county Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000134 Epithet: printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000135 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000...
W. T. Page
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Home, John, 1722-1808
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John Home was an English dramatist. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191526558 John Home, Church of Scotland minister and playwright. From the description of John Home manuscript material : 2 items, (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427652648 From the guide to the John Home manuscript material : 3 items, late 18th-early 19th century, (The New York Public Library...
William Scott Baron Stowell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk8406 (person)
Sir Richard Steele
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n3v2x (person)
George Berkeley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j823fc (person)
Wagstaffe, Thomas
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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
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Marie Antoinette (b. Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, Nov. 2 1755, Vienna, Austria–d. Oct. 16, 1793, Paris, France) was the last queen of France. The daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, her parents and King Louis XV of France arranged a marrage between her and his grandson, Louis-Auguste, later Louis XVI. They were married May 16, 1770 at Versailles; Marie Antoinette became queen in 1774. Known for her oppulance and lavish spending, she was convicted of high treason during French Revo...
Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb2k3v (person)
Statesman and historian of Florence. From the description of Documents, 1521. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866407 Historian, politician. From the description of Autograph signature to letter, 1526 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508647 ...
John Carteret, Earl Granville, 1690-1763
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j3j8m (person)
Irish author. From the description of AL : London, to Thomas Cadell, [ca. 1771]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645561 ...
Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k49rdc (person)
Sir Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz42gv (person)
Mathias, Vincent
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt3npn (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 35513 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000054 Epithet: Sub-Treasurer in the Queen's Household British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000056 Epithet: of Add MS 32899 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb298p (person)
English statesman. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1741 Oct. 3 and 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874691 British statesman, first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. From the description of Letters, 1734. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546346 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Horse Guards, 1721 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890831 Fro...
Sir Thomas Lyttelton.
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Belle, Alexis-Simon, 1674-1734
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q952tx (person)
William Henry Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton, 1724-1808
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65k14vg (person)
George Siddons
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zf225t (person)
Greatbach, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk5dvw (person)
Macculloch, John, 1773-1835
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p05nhh (person)
Mr. Donovan.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr41h4 (person)
J. Bluck
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp4pgx (person)
Murray, John, 1778-1843
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m69sw (person)
John Murray was an important and successful British publisher. He was among the first publishers to form connections with authors, notably Byron, and traveled in literary circles. A consummate businessman, he was often guided by his Tory principles; he founded the Quarterly Review in part to give voice to his political views. From the description of John Murray letter to General Malcolm, ca. 1812. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51999696 Britis...
Pietro Bembo, 1470-1547
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6584vrv (person)
Seward, Thomas, 1708-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nz8tdq (person)
Bank of England.
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Wigglesworth, Joseph
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60582w2 (person)
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w677922j (person)
John Evelyn, 1620-1706
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h932b (person)
Graves, Henry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dh08rw (person)
John Nicholson, 1757-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw64sr (person)
G. Robinson & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6555wmt (corporateBody)
Thomas Blagge
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v5599z (person)
Mr. Strong
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65v876m (person)
Mrs. G. Frere
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n4mrc (person)
Blathwayt, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t4k78 (person)
Epithet: Sec at War British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00001d Epithet: of Add MS 38148 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000297 ...
Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni
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King's College (Aberdeen, Scotland)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fz35jw (corporateBody)
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gq9t2n (person)
F. West
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hk0gr0 (person)
James Burney
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx85js (person)
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v986nq (person)
English antiquary. From the description of Autograph notes signed : [London?], 1831 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664498 English engraver. From the description of The Cries of London (extra-illustrated copy, with related papers), 1833-1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81151070 Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000150 ...
James? Power
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nt570s (person)
Thomas Tyrwhitt, 1730-1786
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k782t4 (person)
Robert E. (Robert Edward) Lee, 1807-1870
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc9km5 (person)
Sir Francis Palgrave?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64880xz (person)
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61265m7 (person)
Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, British politician. From the description of Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holderness manuscript material : 3 items, 1774 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173492158 ...
Mr. Snow
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62d2znf (person)
Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64465v0 (person)
Sir Brooke Boothby was born at Ashbourne Hall, educated at Cambridge, and spent time in the army. He joined the London literary circle, and published letters and essays, while also writing poetry and miscellaneous pieces. He also lived in France before inheriting his family estate as the seventh baronet. His writings were mainly political or social commentary, but he also wrote imaginative prose and poetry. From the description of Brooke Boothby letter to Dear Sir, 1810 Feb. 5. (Penn...
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z4nvc (person)
William Dorset Fellowes (1769-1852), who extra-illustrated this volume, was a friend of author Hester Lynch Piozzi during the last years of her life, and is mentioned frequently in her correspondence from 1815 onwards. His brother Sir James Fellowes was also a friend of Piozzi's, and served as her literary executor upon her death in 1821. From the guide to the An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., extra-illustrated, 1788-1844., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...
Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm5fbf (person)
Frances Reynolds (1729-1807) was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste (1789), and the sister of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She was also a friend of Samuel Johnson from ca. 1756 until his death in 1784. From the guide to the Frances Reynolds papers, 1774-1800 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Frances Reynolds was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste...
Nicol, G. (George)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m16vw1 (person)
Woodman, Richard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6107f5d (person)
Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x0003cc ...
L. Lodewyk Gotlieb Portman
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Frederick Dansey ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bx12nz (person)
Queen's College (University of Oxford)
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Formal clinical instruction of medical students had begun at the General Hospital in Birmingham in 1779, but it was not until December 1825 when William Sands Cox, son of Edward Townsend Cox, surgeon to the town infirmary, began a course of 'anatomical lectures with physiological and surgical observations'. Sands Cox had been educated at the King Edward VI school in Birmingham and was then apprenticed to his father before studying at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals in London from 18...
William Thomson, 1746-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s5cr0 (person)
Luzac, Johann
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x8193 (person)
Blackburn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g302sb (person)
Pieter Van Bleeck
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1j09 (person)
George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, 1758-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr6r3w (person)
Mann, Horace, Sir, 1701-1786
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63x8s0m (person)
Sir Horatio Mann, first baronet (bap. 1706, d. 1786), diplomatist, British representative in Florence. From the description of Letter : Florence, to Lord Mountsuart, 1782 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203215 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0000d8 ...
Molière, 1622-1673.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s46sgd (person)
Molière, playwright. From the description of The imaginary invalid : typescript, 1987, 13 November - 12 December. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532910 ...
Daniel? Dodd
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t3rr6 (person)
Hill, Joseph, 1733-1811,
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d5812m (person)
Cave, Edward, 1691-1754
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h1q1p (person)
Crocker, Phillip
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt780r (person)
Delap, J. (John), 1725-1812
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Robert Grave Graves?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf6hqg (person)
Arthur? Pond
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc65mc (person)
Petr. Pierre Drevet
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6778sx2 (person)
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m8036 (person)
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64602db (person)
Messrs. Woodward
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb3cxr (person)
Richard Gough, 1735-1809
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp43xq (person)
John Milton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d35nbt (person)
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m32sz8 (person)
The Young Pretender. From the description of Document signed : Aberdeen, 1745 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270889711 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Pisa, to M. Cantini, 1771 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270887218 From the description of Document : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270889710 From the description of Autograph postscript to a letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (...
Johann Zoffany
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w6hx0 (person)
Henry, David, 1710-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61115g6 (person)
George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron, 1788-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qm14sw (person)
Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c5316 (person)
Joseph Warton was an influential author and critic, a literary radical who encouraged the use of imagination and eschewed traditional verse forms in his criticism and his own writing. Warton was born in Surrey, and educated at Oxford University, where he developed an interest in poetry and imagination; he began publishing verse soon after, and literary essays on figures such as Milton, Shakespeare, and Pope. He taught at Winchester College, eventually becoming master and later headmaster, forcin...
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cn7jfw (person)
Smelt, Leonard, 1719?-1800.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k101pt (person)
Epithet: Deputy Governor to the Royal Princes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00003c ...
Mr. Lysons
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Carlyle, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x16967 (person)
Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F127 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000388 Epithet: historian, d1881 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000205 ...
Nicolas? Mignard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r61cw (person)
Arthur Murphy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh6nkv (person)
Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g586ds (person)
Bosselman
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Cunningham, Peter, 1816-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q81fwh (person)
Compiled by Augustus Toedteberg. From the guide to the The story of Nell Gwyn : and the sayings of Charles the Second, extra-illustrated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z32md4 (person)
British architect. From the description of Architectural drawings, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84213326 Robert Adam was the foremost British neoclassic architect. From the description of Architectural drawings. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122459163 British architects. From the description of Letters received by Robert and James Adam, 1764-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82588859 English architect. ...
Hugh Blair, 1718-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph5grr (person)
Yearsley, Ann, 1753-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx1gsc (person)
Diamond, Hugh Welch
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Hugh Welch Diamond (1808-1886) was a physician/photographer from Kent who decided to specialize in mental disorders after stints as house surgeon to West Kent Infirmary at Maidstone and private practice in Soho. He was appointed superintendent of the Women's Department of the Surrey County Asylum, where he practiced from 1848-1858. During this period he was actively engaged in photography and was editor of the Photographic Journal. He became a member of the Photographic Society in 1853 and serve...
Thomas Wilson, 1703-1784
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd6wtz (person)
Hesse, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ss3m1x (person)
Mace, Daniel
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f98g5 (person)
Robert Borthwick Adam, 1833-1904
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6487x7s (person)
Watkin Williams-Wynn, 1749-1789
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc39zp (person)
Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6916b1t (person)
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...
Samuel Richardson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn3h8k (person)
Newton, John, 1725-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns1dtr (person)
John Newton (1725-1807) was an Anglican clergyman, former slave-ship captain, and the author of numerous hymns, including Amazing Grace. From the description of 20 letters to John Bacon and 1 to Mrs. Bacon; Olney and other places, 1782-1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702175433 John Newton, pastor at Warwick, Olney, and London, England. From the description of Diaries, 1751-1805. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49371276 From the desc...
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6q2w (person)
English field marshal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jameson Tennent, 1835 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856519 British statesman and army officer. From the description of Papers, 1819-1904; (bulk 1819-1850). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273724 British general and statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : to Messrs. Jones & Co., 1806 Feb. 25-1806 Mar. ...
Kyte, Francis
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000021 ...
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
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English commentator on Shakespear. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Hampstead Heath, to Dr. Lort, 1783 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579166 Written during the Gordon Riots, a week of unrest in London sparked by the government's increased tolerance of Roman Catholics. From the description of Letter, 1780 June 9, Hampstead Heath, to an unnamed correspondent. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445428 English commen...
Joseph Nollekens, 1737-1823
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb2wqw (person)
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p63g0 (person)
Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865184 English novelist, author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. Born Frances Burney, married General d'Arblay. From the description of ALS : to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, [1781] May 31-June 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). ...
Abraham Rees, 1743-1825
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc2rc2 (person)
Andrea Palladio, 1508-1580
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kv10c1 (person)
Stratford, James
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg0b5s (person)
Goodenough, Peggy
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf7hzs (person)
Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn6fb7 (person)
English actress. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London], to Mr. Webster, [n.y.] Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904649 ...
Mr. Robins
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k77wqb (person)
Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971
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James Nagle.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40p14 (person)
Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms44z2 (person)
Speaker of the House. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [the Duke of Shrewsbury?], 1712 Dec. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503257 From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : [London] to [Sir Richard Steele], 1713 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506431 ...
Francesco II Sforza Duke of Milan
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z634b (person)
Warburton, William, 1698-1779
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc8b7m (person)
Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...
James Granger
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c10tk4 (person)
Dance, Nathaniel
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw20mn (person)
Pott, Percivall, 1714-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b1023 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 32968 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00032c Epithet: of Add MS 29165 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00032b ...
Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n8dtf (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 36059 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x00006b English Shakespearean editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy?) : Staple Inn, to [Mr. Sherlock], [1779] July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616522 Epithet: editor of Shakespeare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10...
Hutton, William, 1723-1815
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn83r8 (person)
Phillips, Thomas, 1801-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6417vsq (person)
Epithet: of the Union Bank of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000366 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000364 Epithet: of Add MS 36033 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000363 Epithet: of...
Eyre, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt9n3p (person)
Epithet: of county Galway British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000235 Epithet: of Stowe MS 983 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000239 Epithet: of Rowton, co. Derby, esquire, subject of Wolley Ch xii.142 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person :...
Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x5r0c (person)
Scottish biographer, editor and misc. writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London] to [Sylvanus] Urban [pseud. of John Nichols], 1816 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623018 Alexander Chalmers, Scottish biographer and literary editor. In addition to serving as editor of the Morning Herald and producing various editions of the works of great authors, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812-1817), to which he contribut...
Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm5fbf (person)
Frances Reynolds (1729-1807) was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste (1789), and the sister of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She was also a friend of Samuel Johnson from ca. 1756 until his death in 1784. From the guide to the Frances Reynolds papers, 1774-1800 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Frances Reynolds was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste...
William Gordon, Viscount Kenmure
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr24nm (person)
Langlois, Philip
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hk05gp (person)
Rose, Samuel, 1767-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t44chf (person)
Epithet: of Chancery Lane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x00001f ...
Jean Petitot
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r8r77 (person)
John Thurloe, 1616-1668
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c38m8b (person)
Sir Samuel Romilly, 1757-1818
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj9gc7 (person)
Carte, Samuel, 1653-1740
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j0qrf (person)
English antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Leicester, to [John Bridges], 1721 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133462 ...
Engleheart, Francis, 1896-1963
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx54bv (person)
Price, John, 1735-1813
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms6nw4 (person)
J. R. Dashwood
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f614g7 (person)
Winkles, Henry, 1800-approximately 1860
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd4k85 (person)
Mr. Miles
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs59tz (person)
Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge)
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Burke, William, 1792-1829
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf5b7v (person)
Lord George Gordon, 1751-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g29zbb (person)
Hacket, John, 1592-1670
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs8hbv (person)
Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick, 1746-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm79nc (person)
James Ward, 1769-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg2ccj (person)
E. Stalker
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d6jp4 (person)
Sir Thomas Phillips
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62h23ff (person)
Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m0m30 (person)
Bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Thomas Webster, 1793 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512902 English publisher. From the description of Document signed : London, 1783 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536546 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00039a ...
Edwards, W. Joseph, active 1843-1867
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Morant, Philip, 1700-1770
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q531cj (person)
Audinet, Philip, 1766-1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6998nxq (person)
Opie, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w18zcs (person)
Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00000e ...
Colman, George, 1732-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g5m51 (person)
The Spanish barber was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 30 Aug. 1777. From the description of The Spanish barber : or the fruitless precaution, a comic opera / by George Colman : manuscript, [ca. 1777]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612774129 Colman was an English dramatist; his son, George Colman the younger, was also an English dramatist. From the description of Correspondence with Bow Street magistrates, 1773-1823. (Harvard Uni...
Cook, William, -1824
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Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d221vm (person)
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...
Aston, Henry Hervey, 1701-1748
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w33fs (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 32714 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x00022a Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x000229 ...
Schoff
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Morier, David
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Kelly, Thomas, 1966-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t252q3 (person)
Epithet: coach-painter, of Birmingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000305 Epithet: Justice of the Common Pleas, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000306 Epithet: of the National Union of Life Assurance Agents British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:...
Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 1764-1839
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n72x8n (person)
Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h139k9 (person)
Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbot was a friend of Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Carter, whom she persuaded to translate Epictetus. Carter was entrusted with Talbot's manuscripts after her death, and published her Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (1770) and Essays on Var...
Coote, Eyre, Sir, 1726-1783
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q211j (person)
British general. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) in third person : Ghiretti, to Sir Philip Francis, 1780 May 14 and Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532717 General and Commander-in-Chief in the Madras Presidency, 1759-1762 and 1769-1770. Commander-in-Chief in India 1777-1783. From the description of Papers, 1755-[1783?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122373935 1744-1746 ensign in the 27th foot; 1748-1749 corne...
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q4vrb (person)
King of Spain. From the description of Letter to Francisco Fernando de Avalos, 1556. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699871 Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, was the nephew of Philip II, King of Spain. From the description of Letter signed from Philip II, King of Spain, Madrid, to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor [manuscript], 1597 April 21. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 318647230 King of Spain and, as Philip I, King of Portugal from 1580...
Hector, Edmund 1708-1794
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Helvetius
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Richard Farmer?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6208qks (person)
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf8w12 (person)
David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...
Arnold? Nesbitt
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t86c70 (person)
Durham, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6429m3z (person)
Longman & Co.
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Peter Pindar, 1738-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ds691x (person)
Peter Le Neve
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6265hz5 (person)
Wall, Martin, 1747-1824
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Eccardt, John Giles (British painter, active 1740, died 1779, born in Germany)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg6cb3 (person)
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kk9bpg (person)
English author and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland, to T.J. Cobden Sanderson, 1889 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573152 English author and statesman; nephew of Macaulay. From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Commons, to Moncure Conway, 1880 Jul. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573156 British politician and author. From the description of [Let...
Brown, Mather, 1761-1831
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George? Allardes
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6197hzn (person)
Sir William Batten.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk7xxf (person)
Mason, John Monck, 1726-1809
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z70hws (person)
Philip Audinet
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Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n30jc9 (person)
Endner, Gustav Georg, 1754-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn9pb6 (person)
Steevens, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6192zn3 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 20082 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000036 Epithet: of Add MS 33786 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000037 Epithet: Shakespearean scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...
United States. Continental Congress
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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...
Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven.
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Molteno & Graves
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w5127z (corporateBody)
Walter Charleton, 1619-1707
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m7633p (person)
Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k65b23 (person)
Born in 1705. Entered army in 1727. Commissioned major general in 1755, and appointed the following year as commander-in-chief of British forces in America during the French and Indian War, and named titular governor of Virginia. Died at Loudoun Castle, the family seat in Ayrshire, in 1782. From the description of Memorandum book, 1757 Jan. 1-Apr. 1 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122612272 John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 - 27 Apr. 1782) was the...
Young, George, 1777-1848
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Josey, Richard, approximately 1841-1906
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj0fpc (person)
Humphrey Prideaux, 1648-1724
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz1rcz (person)
John Hughes, 1677-1720
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z16wj2 (person)
Fleetwood, Charles
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Epithet: Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Commonwealth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000310 Epithet: General; of Egerton MS 2618 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000332 Epithet: Lord Fleetwood British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...
Wilson, Christopher, 1713 or 14-1792.
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727-1785
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Colburn, Henry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h524tc (person)
Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00012d Epithet: of Add MS 15945 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0003b5 ...
John Milton, 1608-1674
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Mr. Duchesne
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Carlyle, Alexander, 1722-1805
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Lord Frederick North?
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Hertford, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, Marquess of, 1777-1842
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Title: Earl of Yarmouth and 6th Marquess of Hertford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0003e0 ...
Macdonald of Slate, Alexander Macdonald, Baron, approximately 1745-1795
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Thomson, Henry
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Epithet: of Add MS 12497 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019c Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019f ...
William Twisse, 1578? -1646
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James Lind
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John Bacon, 1740-1799
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R. Martin
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q81k2d (person)
British statesman and prime minister. From the description of Papers, 1762-1884 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122417293 From the description of Papers, 1762-1884. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019673 Chancellor of the Exchequer. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1784 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890755 From the description of Document signed : [London], 1787 Nov. 23. (U...
Seal (musician)
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Beauvoir, Osmond, ca. 1720-1789
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j8g75 (person)
James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f90n18 (person)
Adair, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 32707 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x00005f Epithet: of Egerton MS 1708 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000060 Epithet: of Add MS 29189 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x00005e William Adair was a ...
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period. From the description of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers [manuscript]. [174-]-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564187 Swiss philosopher, writer, music theorist and composer. From the description of Collection of autograph letters : France, England, Switzerland, to various recipients, 1756-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714645189 From the description of Autogr...
Jonathan Toup.
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Christopher Wase
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z46bjg (person)
Sir Hubert von Herkomer
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Warburton, William, 1698-1779
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc8b7m (person)
Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...
Mr. Warren
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Aspasia
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p69cx5 (person)
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64174kb (person)
Hasted, Edward, 1732-1812
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6709fb8 (person)
Historian of Kent. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. John's, to Andrew coltee Duracel, 1765 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270472538 ...
Robert Walker
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j243ww (person)
Thomas, Percy
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James Northcote, 1746-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40h0m (person)
Augustin Calmet, 1672-1757
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx63sn (person)
Wright, Patience Lovell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n8shz (person)
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kk9frm (person)
English line-engraver. From the description of Receipt signed : [London], 1799 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538670 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000315 ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tv8gcn (person)
Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6708kc0 (person)
Robert Lowth was born in England on November 27, 1710, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. William Lowth. He entered Winchester College in 1722 and received a scholarship to New College, Oxford, in 1729. Lowth graduated from Oxford taking the B.A. in 1733 and the M.A. in 1737. In 1735 Lowth had entered the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Overton, Hampshire. He remained at this position until 1741 when he was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford. During his tenure at Oxford, Lowth acqu...
Masters, ...
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Skene, James, 1775-1864
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Epithet: of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001be Scottish landowner; linguist; patron of the arts. From the description of Papers, 1796-1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878767 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001bd ...
Virtue, James Sprent, 1829-1892
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Bragg, Thomas, 1810-1872
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Thomas Bragg was governor of North Carolina, 1855-1859; a United States senator from North Carolina, 1859-1861; and Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863. From the guide to the Thomas Bragg Papers, ., 1861-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. senator and governor of North Carolina, Confederate attorney general, and lawyer. From the description of Certification of Thomas Bragg...
Elizabeth Carter?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p411bp (person)
Piozzi, Gabriele Mario 1740-1804
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Cox, James
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m7274 (person)
Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000217 Epithet: Incumbent of Trinity Church, Runcorn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000216 ...
H.B. Halls Sons
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Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683
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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Leyester House, to Jn. Thane, 1650 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663328 Epithet: son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001d2 Sidney was an English politician and opponent of Charles II of England. He was implicated in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charl...
Hyde, Henry Hyde, Baron, 1710-1753
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Sir Benjamin? Hobhouse
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Charles James Fox, 1749-1806
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Charles James Fox was born in 1749 and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford. He was the third son of Henry Fox (1705-1774), 1st Baron Holland. He became Whig MP for Midhurst in 1768, Kirkwall and Westminster in 1784, and was appointed as Lord of the Admiralty in 1770 and joint secretary of state under the Duke of Portland in 1783. Fox was renowned for his speeches in the House of Commons, often made in the face of accepted conservative opinion, including his support for Catholic...
Teresa Cornelys, 1723-1797
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Ralph Wormley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t87338 (person)
Nichols, John, 1745-1826
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John Nichols (1745-1826) apprenticed as a printer in London with William Bowyer, and then entered into a partnership with Bowyer from 1767 until Bowyer's death in 1777. He served as printer, editor, and part-owner of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1778 until his death, and was a prolific editor and author of scholarly works. From the guide to the Papers, 1777-1822., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) John Nichols (1745-1826) was one of the most pr...
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
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The New River is in fact a canal which has brought water to London from outlying areas since the early 17th century. From the description of Letter to the Governor of the New River Company, 1667 Sept. 19. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 70187741 Bount is remembered in particular for his travels in Turkey, published as A VOYAGE INTO THE LEVANT (London, 1636). He was recognised by Charles I, being made a gentleman pensioner to the king and knighted 21 March 1...
Mr. Bowyer
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Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours, ca. 316-397
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Lackington, Allen and Co.
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John Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, 1782-1845
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Slothany.
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Sir Egerton Brydges
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Branwhite, Nathan Cooper, 1775-1857
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6843gpk (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 36510 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x0003a3 Epithet: of Add MS 39991 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x0003a4 ...
Fielding, John
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Epithet: JP for county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001df Epithet: of Stowe MS 155 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001e1 Epithet: magistrate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240...
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, earl of, 1748-1825
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6931d74 (person)
British public official. From the description of Papers of Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1778-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81260354 From the description of Orders of Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452791 ...
Gerard Vandergucht
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Richard Woodman
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj67ch (person)
George Owen.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w9f8g (person)
Seward, Sarah
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Baker, David Erskine, 1730-1767
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Epithet: writer on drama British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x00017c ...
Robert White, 1645-1703
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Benjamin, Graf von Rumford.
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Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715
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Gilbert Burnet was appointed Bishop of Salisbury in 1689. His most important work, History of my own time, was published after his death. As a bishop he was known to be an excellent administrator and pastor. From the description of Gilbert Burnet letter, Salisbury, [England], 1707 June 28. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33928906 Bishop of Salisbury. From the description of Autograph note signed : Salisbury, 1707 Sept. 20. (Unknown)...
David, Garrick, 1717-1779
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Trotter, Thomas, 1965-
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Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000371 Epithet: Major-General; of the Irish Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000373 ...
William Strahan, 1715-1785
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H. Cave
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A. Archibald L.? Dick
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Simon, Abraham
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Balthasar Moncornet
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L. Bigleoschi
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Lewis, Paul
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Hartley, David, 1705-1757
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Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783
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Benjamin Kennicott (1718-83) was a Hebraist. He was educated and worked most of his life in Oxford. He was the first to systematically examine and produce a collation of the Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament. His chief work was Vetus Testamentum hebraicum cum variis lectionibus, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1776-80). See the Dictionary of National Biography for details. From the guide to the Hebrew Biblical manuscripts of Benjamin Kennicott, 1222-15th century, (University of Oxford, Depart...
H. Bellerby
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William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire.
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Elizabeth Farrell.
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Whittaker Corp.
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Yorke, Charles Philip, 1764-1834
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Turnerelli, Peter
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Edward Penry
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Thomas Gray, 1716-1771
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Henry Fox, Baron Holland, 1705-1774
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Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792
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Scottish judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to [Thomas] Percy, 1781 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526003 From the description of Autograph report signed : Newhailes near Edinburgh, to an unidentified Lord, 1783 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to an unidentified correspondent, 1790 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525977 ...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751
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Roach, John, 1920-....
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Winkles, Benjamin
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R. Robert? Cooper
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J. Bestault
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Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879
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Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00038a ...
Cooke Thomas Cook?
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Sewell, John
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Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 40359 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x00021e Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000137 Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 38272 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...
David Beaton, 1494-1546
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Wheler, Edward
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Scaliger, Joseph-Juste, 1540-1609
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Epithet: of Sloane MS 2764 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x00035b Epithet: of Add MS 38175 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x00035d ...
Croker, Temple Henry, 1729 or 1730-1790?
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William Congreve, 1670-1729
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Sir George Savile, 1726-1784
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Sheffield, John Holroyd, earl of, 1735-1821
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John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, was born in Ireland on December 21, 1735, the second son of lawyer Isaac Holroyd (1707-1778) and Dorothy Baker (d. 1777). In 1760, he joined the army, rising to the rank of captain in the regiment of light dragoons known as the Royal Foresters. Shortly after the death of his older brother Daniel in 1762, he spent three years traveling Europe; in Lausanne, Switzerland, he made a lifelong friend in Edward Gibbon, whose autobiography and pos...
John Knox, ca. 1514-1572
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Macpherson, John, Sir, 1745-1821
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Governor general of India. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6), 1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608667 ...
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
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British poet. From the description of Collection of notebooks containing Thomas Gray's notes on his reading, a catalog of his library, and a copy of his will : [England], 1740s-1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612342648 From the description of Autograph notes on Lysias and Isocrates, 1747 Mar. 20-1748 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508038 From the description of Autograph notes on Thucydides and Xenophon : [England], [174-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...
T. Brown
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Henry Hoppner Meyer
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Spottiswoode, John
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Epithet: father of A and R Spottiswoode British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x0000d2 Epithet: of Spottiswoode British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x0000d3 ...
David Stewart Erskine, Earl of Buchan
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Kearsley, George, d. 1790
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Wright, Joseph, 1855-1930
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Epithet: of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x0001c6 Epithet: Vicar of Aghadown British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x0001c7 Epithet: of St Neots British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0000c9 Ep...
John Stewart, Earl of Galloway
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White, John
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Epithet: Reverend; brother of Gilbert White British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00003c Epithet: parish clerk of Camerton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00003b Epithet: of Add MS 38458 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000030 ...
Thomas? Ryder
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Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
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Son of George III. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to the Prince of Wurtemburg, 1796 Oct. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270887975 From the description of Letter signed : Horse Guards, to Gen. Tarleton, 1812 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891111 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Horse Guards, to Sir William Carr Beresford, 1811 June 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270887986 From the description of...
Jonathan Shipley, 1714-1788
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Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808-1850
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Epithet: portrait engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x0001cc ...
Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley, Countess of Oxford.
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Andrew Millar?
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Charles Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale
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Byron, John, 1723-1786
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Admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to James Sykes., 1783 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133742 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newman, 1750 Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133566 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Pirbright, 1775 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133628 John Byron, British naval officer. His frequent bad luck in terms of weather conditions earned him the...
Thomas James Mathias, 1754? -1835
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Lort, Michael, 1725-1790
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Epithet: Dr; of Add MS 12527 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00016c Epithet: Prebendary of St Paul's 1780; antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00016e Cambridge University's history can be dated back to the early thirteenth century, when scholars congregated in the city for the purpose of st...
Humphrey, William.
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William Phillip Humphrey is a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy. From the description of Veterans History Project interview with William Phillip Humphrey, 2003 June 30. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 57239549 William Humphrey was born on June 18, 1924, in Clarksville, Texas, to Clarence and Nell (Varley) Humphrey. Located in Red River County in Northeast Texas, Clarksville was more a part of the old South than the Texas West. ...
Commissioner Martin
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W. Clerk
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Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806
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Sir Edward Nicholas.
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Greig, John, active 1892-1910
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Mrs. B. Trissham Tresham?
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Holmes, Richard R. (Richard Rivington), 1835-1911
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Epithet: KCVO British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00013f ...
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775
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W. J. (William James?) Bennett
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Wilkes, Mary, 1750-1802
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John Walker, 1759-1830
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Drummond, Samuel, 1763?-1844
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Painter. From the description of Autograph sketch of a letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129863 From the description of Printed prospectus of disposal of Samuel Drummond's painting, Death of Lord Nelson. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129928 From the description of Autograph insertions to form : to James Goding. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129625 ...
Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852
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19th century British poet. From the description of Letters of John Hamilton Reynolds, 1816-1821. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510279 English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to A. Cunningham, 1828 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852036 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, I.O.W., to Planché [James Robinson], 1850 July 4. (Unknown). Wo...
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
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Michael Lort
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Matilda? Betham
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George Knapton
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Forster, Benjamin
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W. Smith
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Henry Owen, 1716-1795
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Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872
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Lieutenant-general, Confederate Army, during Civil War. From the description of Letter : Richmond, Va., to Hugh [W.] Sheffey, 1865 March 14. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30366216 U.S. and Confederate Army officer. From the description of Richard Stoddert Ewell papers, 1838-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063194 Benjamin Stoddert Ewell was born in Georgetown, D. C., 10 June 1810, the son of Thomas Ewell and Elizabeth ...
J. S. C. Schaak
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William Hunter, 1718-1783
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Coney, John
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
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J.M.W. Turner was an English artist and member of the Royal Academy. From the description of Brighton Cricket Ground [art original] [ca. 1824?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58463878 Nationality: English. From the description of Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water [electronic resource]. 1840. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222503272 British painter. Fr...
Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760-1835
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Samuel Hay.
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Stonehewer, Richard
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Vesey, Elizabeth Vesey, 1715?-1791
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Thomas Denham
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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...
Mr. Elliott
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...
Mr. Pardon ?
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Neagle, James
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Hogg, Alexander
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W. Cribb
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Joseph Richardson, d. 1763?
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Keith, Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess, 1764-1857
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Epithet: née Thrale; wife of Admiral G K Elphinstone, Viscount Keith British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x0002ab Viscountess Keith was born Hester Maria Thrale, the daughter of Henry Thrale (1728-1781) and Hester Lynch Thrale (1741-1821) of London. The famous lexicographer and poet Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a frequent guest at their home from 1765 onward, and became friendly with young Hester, whom he ...
Upcott, William, 1779-1845
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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...
Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810
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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...
John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, 1680-1743
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Joseph Hume.
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Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732
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La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1634-1714
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Samarthanus, Lodovico
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Ward, William
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Epithet: of Benenden and Valenciennes dépt Nord British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x000102 Epithet: ARA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000373 Epithet: Receiver General of the Paget estates British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x0003e1...
Daniell, William, 1769-1837
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English landscape painter and engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed in third person, not signed : Cleveland St. [London], to Mr. Huggins, no year Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521357 Epithet: painter and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000390 William's Daniell's A voyage round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and com...
Robert Dodsley?
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Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw291r (person)
Delaval, Francis Blake, Sir, 1727-1771
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Epithet: KB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000398 ...
Evans, William, 1798-1877
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Epithet: drysalter, of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000052 Epithet: Rector of Stour British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000059 Epithet: Secretary to African Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x00005a ...
Anna Williams, 1706-1783
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Rudolph Ackermann
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Turner, William Ralph, 1920-2013
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William Turner (fl 1867-1919) was a wheelwright in Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire. From the guide to the Account books of William Turner and Son, wheelwrights, of Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, 1867-1919, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) Epithet: Dublin Police Magistrate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0001c3 Epithet: fl 1667 British Library Archives and Manuscri...
Littré, Émile, 1801-1881
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French lexicographer and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified man, "samedi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 568687241 ...
Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734-1794
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Sir Robert Long
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Day, Alexander
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William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland
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Northumberland (Ship)
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Voyages: (1) 1796/7 Bengal. Capt Andrew Aickman. Torbay 22 Sep 1797 - 15 Dec Cape - 15 Apr 1798 - 25 Jan 1799 'towards England'. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000258 ...
Gray, John, fl. 1732-1741
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Bingley James Bindley?
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James Sharp, 1613-1679
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H. S. (Henry Sampson) Woodfall?
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Parker, Sackville, 1707-1796
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William Seward
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Stewart, Robert (Saxophonist)
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Epithet: of Tillieoutrie, Lord of Session British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003ac Epithet: of Add MS 36540 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00018a Epithet: of Galashiels British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003a8 Epithet:...
Susanna? Highmore Duncombe?
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Homer, ...
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Epithet: epic poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00002b ...
Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
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Clergyman; Cambridge University graduate and professor. From the description of Some remarks on a story told by the ancients concerning St. John the Evangelist & Cerinthus the Heretic : and on the use which is made of it by the moderns to enforce the duty of shunning heretics : [Cambridge?], [17--?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093572 From the description of Some remarks on a story told by the ancients concerning St. John the Evangelist & Cerinthus the Heretic :...
Henry Thrale
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Vandergucht, Michael
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Dr. Griffith
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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
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Fielding was an English author. From the description of Of outlawry in criminal causes, 1737-1929. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84429621 From the guide to the Henry Fielding papers for, Of outlawry in criminal causes, 1737-1929., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000239 English pla...
Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884
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Abraham Hayward, English Victorian-era essayist and translator. From the description of Abraham Hayward manuscript material : 12 items, 1834?-1871 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 321079387 Abraham Hayward, English essayist and translator. His many friendships in the literary and political spheres of Victorian-era London resulted in his accumulation of correspondence from some of the most influential figures of the time. From the description of Abra...
Schnebbelie, Robert Bremmel, -approximately 1849
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Thomson, J. (James), 1800-1883
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Epithet: poet, of Kilmarnock British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0001b0 Epithet: coach-builder, of Stirling British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0001aa Epithet: Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0001...
Garrett Nagle?
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Cooper, Grey, Sir, approximately 1726-1801
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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1779 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522071 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to William Strahan, 1779 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522062 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worlington Cottage, to William Strahan, 1780 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531581 17...
Upcott, William, 1779-1845
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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...
Surtees, William Edward
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Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x00009a ...
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836
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Epithet: of Add MS 37884 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x0003ce English archaeologist and traveller. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : Grasmere, "Strawberry Hill," Venice, London, and Naples, to his aunt, Mrs. Smith, 1798 July 23-1822 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269590540 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Naples, to Mrs. Edward Lytto...
Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793
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Robert Hooke.
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Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1741-1821
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Great Britain. Treasury
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The Treasury of Great Britain was managed by Anthony Ashley Cooper, Chancellor of the Exchequer, from May 13, 1661 to 1672. He was named Lord Ashley on April 20, 1661 and held that title until becoming Earl of Shaftesbury. From the description of Warrants signed by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1667-1668. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 31740958 ...
J. Walker
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Richard Cumberland.
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Constantine John Phipps, Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792
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Bannister, John
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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000361 ...
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
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Martin, David
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Epithet: Professor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0003c0 J.H. Sherman was a resident of Carthage, Illinois. From the guide to the The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois, 1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: auctioneer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x0003...
Scott, William, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836
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Stowell held a variety of position within the govenment including Advocate General for Lord High Admiralty (1782), Judge for Consistory Court (1788-1821), Privy Councilor (1798), and Judge of High Court of Admiralty (1798-1828). From the description of Letter to the vice-chancellor of Oxford University, 14 March 1807. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337873 Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty. From the description of Autograph letter sign...
James Howell, 1594? -1666
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...
Henrietta Knight, Baroness Luxborough
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James Barry, 1741-1806
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Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768
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Joseph Spence (1699-1768), anecdotist and professor of poetry in New College, Oxford, is best known for his Essay on Pope's Odyssey (1727) and his Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men (1820), published posthumously. From the description of Joseph Spence papers, 1649-1859 (bulk 1739-1768). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138266 ...
Francis? Hodgson
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Sanders, George, 1906-1972
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Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785
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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0000f3 ...
Henry David Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
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Carte, Thomas, 1686-1754
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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to Mr. Cooke in Fetter Lane, 1736 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133458 Epithet: of Add MS 21500 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00034c Epithet: Administrator of John Carte British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x0...
Thomas Docksey
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Evershed, Arthur
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David Hume.
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Piattoli, Giuseppe
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C. Blackberd
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Mr. Chambre ?
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Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832
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Rivarol, Antoine, 1753-1801
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Daniel Wray, 1701-1783
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Stephenson, James
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Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000157 ...
Charles Burney, 1726-1814
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Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830
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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.W. Croker, 1815 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663622098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], Monday noon [1829 Feb. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], [1829] Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707570 From the description of Auto...
Neele's
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Derby, John, ca. 1720-1778
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Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703
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Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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Correggio, 1489?-1534
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Fletcher Norton, 1716-1789
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Bruce, James, 1730-1794
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James Bruce (1730-94) was a great African traveller. He was educated for the legal profession, but in the course of a visit to Spain and a study of the manuscripts of the Escurial he developed a taste for oriental and especially Ethiopian literature. He was consul at Algiers in 1763-5, and from 1765 to 1773 led a roving life in Ethiopia and Upper Egypt. From 1774, until his death in 1794, he lived chiefly in Scotland. His Travels to discover the source of the Nile was first published in 1790. Se...
Picart, Charles
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Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780
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Tanje, Pierre
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Hanes, Stephen
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Prattent, Thomas
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Sir William Le Neve.
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William Scott, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836
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George Pryme.
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William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, 1684-1764
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Evelyn, John, 1620-1706
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Evelyn was an English diarist. From the description of Papers, 1650-1704. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122613646 From the guide to the Papers, 1650-1704., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English diarist. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : [n.p.], to [Thomas Tension], 1680 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531563 From the description of Autograph signature cut from ...
J. Moore
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Bennet Langton.
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Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788
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Garland, Robert.
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G. Walker
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J. Wright
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Mr. Stephenson
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John Hinchliffe, 1731-1794
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Sir William Petty
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Thomas Martin, 1697-1771
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G. Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi
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Badcock, John, 1807-1890
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Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
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English lawyer. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269592769 Fletcher Norton was Speaker of the House of Commons. From the description of Autograph letter from Fletcher Norton to David Garrick [manuscript], [1771?] February 28 Wednesday. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 230393281 ...
Mary Langton
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Thomas Rymer
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William Lenthall, 1591-1662
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George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708.
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Places: England Epithet: consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Title: Prince of Denmark and Duke of Cumberland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0003e1 ...
Desrochers, Étienne-Jehandier 1668-1741
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Hargreaves, Thomas
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Epithet: calico-printer, of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0001e7 ...
P. Thomson
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James, Barry
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Joseph Clark
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George Monck Berkeley, 1763-1793
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Charles? Mutlow
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Sir William Herschel, 1738-1822
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Coyte, Joseph
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John Whessell
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Philip Skelton.
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Penelope Sophia Weston Pennington
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Bonner, Thomas, 1942-
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Covent Garden Theatre
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Thomas Harris, John Philip Kemble and others proprietors of the New Theatre Royal called Covent Garden Theatre. From the description of Grant for 85 years from Covent Garden Theatre to George Raikes of Cornhill, Esq. [manuscript], 1809 September 18. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643481 The Covent Garden Theatre was built by John Rich in London in 1732. Also known as the Royal Opera House. From the description of Documents concerning finance...
William Strahan.
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J. J. John Sebastian Miller
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Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834
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Radcliffe, John, 1650-1714
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English physician. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1707 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616071 ...
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811
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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a pl...
E. Coffin
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Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven, 1750-1828
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William Blathwayt.
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Porter, Lucy, 1715-1786
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Sir Evan Nepean
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Law, William, 1687-1761
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William Law was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, King George I. Previously William Law had given his allegiance to the House of Stuart and is sometimes considered a second-generation non-juror (an earlier generation of non-jurors included Thomas Ken). Thereafter, Law first continued as a simple priest (curate) and when that too became imp...
Campeggi, Tommaso
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Epithet: Bishop of Feltre British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0003c6 ...
Mickle, William Julius, 1735-1788
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William Julius Mickle (1734 or 1735-1788) was born William Meikle in Scotland. He moved to London in pursuit of a literary career in 1762 after the failure of his family's brewery. Mickle published "The Concubine" in 1767, but his most successful work was his 1776 translation of Luís de Camões's Lusiads. He was appointed purser of the HMS Brilliant in 1779 by his patron Commodore George Johnstone, and was made prize agent for Johnstone's entire squadron in the following year. He married Mary T...
Anne Gutteridge Percy
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Freeman, Samuel
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Epithet: of Add MS 38730 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000016 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000015 ...
Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839
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Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
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Barry, Edward, Sir, 1696-1776
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Baumgärtner
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834
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Epithet: of Add MS 38200 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x00021c Title: Marquis of Blandford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000222 Epithet: dramatic writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003d4 In addition to his s...
Mr. Buckeridge
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Congreve, William, 1670-1729
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English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to "Mr. Kelly" [Keally], [1710 Mar. or Apr.] "Thursday afternoon." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522034 English playwright. From the description of Autograph letter : to Joseph Keally at Kilkenny, Ireland, 1702 Dec. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531636 ...
Samuel Merriman, 1731-1818
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Turner, Mary Dawson, 1774-1850
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Hugh Morice
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Matthew Prior, 1664-1721
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Pierre Lombart
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Anderson, Robert, 1750-1830
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Editor and critic. From the description of Literary correspondence of Robert Anderson, 1802-1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068349 Robert Anderson, Scottish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Robert Anderson manuscript material : 1 item, 1799 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174137775 From the guide to the Robert Anderson manuscript material : 1 item, 1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Colle...
Conte de Millay ?
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B. Osborn
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John Dyer, 1700? -1758
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John Dunning, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
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Lysons, Daniel, 1762-1834
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Topographer Daniel Lysons received both a B.A. and M.A. at Oxford, and, having taken religious orders, became curate in Mortlake and later Putney, Surrey. It was here he began his survey of the London region, later published in four volumes, with many drawings by the author. Together with his brother, Samuel, he undertook a survey of Britain called Magna Britannia, but only six volumes were completed before Samuel's death. He also provided illustrations for other works, and published several rel...
Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl Temple?
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George Leonard Jenyns.
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Cole, William, 1714-1782
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Thomas Smith
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Joseph Wright
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Sleech, Edward
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A. Duncan
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Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1672-1729
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Local Government Act Office
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Glasgow College
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Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
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Natural historian, scientist, traveller and Fellow of the Royal Society in London, Pennant was acquainted with all the notable scientists of his time and was a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks. Pennant was a prolific writer and his publications include The British zoology (1766), A tour of Scotland, 1769 (1771), Arctic zoology (1784). Pennant incorporated information about Australian fauna in his books A history of quadrupeds (1781) and the fourth volume of Outlines of the globe (1798). ...
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857
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Philip Bliss, antiquary and book collector. Bliss wrote notes and the appendix to the 1811 edition of John Earle's 17th century work on characters, Micro-cosmographie. From the description of Philip Bliss manuscript material : 1 items, ca. 1811 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76944976 Philip Bliss, English antiquarian and book collector. Bliss wrote notes and the appendix to the 1811 edition of John Earle's 17th century work on characters, Micro-cosmographie. ...
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd4jx8 (person)
Wedderburn was the first Earl of Rosslyn and a judge in Great Britain. Dundas was the first Viscount Melville and a Scottish politician. From the description of Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78201714 From the guide to the Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Lord Chancellor. From the description of Au...
Buckeridge, William
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James Granger, 1723-1776
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x7hrb (person)
Samuel Hollyer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64p2h4q (person)
James? Jennings.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k9zqq (person)
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq3zrr (person)
Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, 1568-1630
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn1qch (person)
Major, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq5cfx (person)
Epithet: Chief Engraver of Seals British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x0001f6 ...
Harding, Sylvester
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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1758 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663776 From the description of Autograph letter signed in another hand : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, [1759 Aug. 6]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662690 From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Southwell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664476 From the description of Autograph...
Niccolò Machiavelli.
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Addenbrooke, John, ca. 1690-1770
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Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f76q1 (person)
Jeffery, Edward
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf759t (person)
Epithet: Bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x000093 ...
Walker, John, 1939-
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John Walker was born 15 August 1785 at "Locust Grove" in King and Queen County, Virginia, to Humphrey Walker (1762-1820) and Frances Temple Walker (ca. 1760-1824). John Walker moved to Tennessee in the 1810s, before returning to King and Queen County in 1819. He became a successful planter, inheriting "Chatham Hill" from his mother's family. After the death of a brother, he also became owner of "Locust Grove." Walker married Margaret Shepherd (1804-1886), and they had 7 children. John Walker die...
Sir John Chichester
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c95t22 (person)
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p55t85 (person)
English clergyman, scholar and critic. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : [n.p.], to Jacob Tonson, 1732 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132430 English scholar and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Narcissus Marsh, Archbishop of Armagh, 1703 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131505 Richard Bentley was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. From the descript...
Asperne, James
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Fittler, James, 1758-1835
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Engraver. Born in London. Studied at the Royal Academy. From the description of James Fittler letter, 1818 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333459 ...
Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884
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Engraver; Morrisania, New York. Born in England. From the description of Henry Bryan Hall letter to Brantz Mayer, 1876 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122390405 ...
Craven, Elizabeth Craven, Baroness, 1750-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mg8pjq (person)
Epithet: Miss of Clifton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000127 ...
Kelly, Hugh, 1739-1777
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Holloway, Thomas
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Epithet: patent medicine vendor, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x0001e8 Epithet: of Add MS 35412 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x0001e6 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vd...
David Hooper.
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Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
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British poet. From the description of Kisses in former times : autograph mansucript copy of the poem signed : [Siena], 1860 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598966 Epithet: of Add MS 36513 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000290 Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator. From the description of Walter Savage Landor collection...
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
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Private secretary to the British prime minister Rockingham who opposed British policies in America. From the description of ALS, 1775 January 12 : Westminister, to the Marquis of Rockingham. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283720 English statesman and orator. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p.], to Sir Peter Burrell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858706 From the description of Autogr...
John Dunton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c3ph9 (person)
Knight, Charles, 1946-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk4cdz (person)
Epithet: author and publisher; of Add MS 46632 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00039f Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0003e3 ...
James Wolfe, 1727-1759
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Thomas Hearne, 1678-1735
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Maurice Berkeley, Viscount Fitzhardinge
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Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780
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English blind magistrate. From the description of Letter in third person, not autograph : London, to David Garrick, 1776 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482249 English magistrate and writer (Blind brother of Henry Fielding). From the description of Autograph signature to document, 1771 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535295 ...
William Hoare
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Walker, Robert
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Robert Walker was born in 1718. He was apprenticed to Joseph Gibson, surgeon and pharmacist (chir. apoth) in 1734. He entered the Incorporation of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in 1747, and was President of the body in 1754. He was awarded the degree of M.D. from Edinburgh University in 1787 and he is described as a Virginian. His thesis De cynanche maligna was dedicated to Robert Walker and John Banister of Virginia, to William Shippen M.D. of Pennsylvania, and to Richard Walker his brother. Earlier in ...
Seward, Anna, 1742-1809
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English poet. From the description of Conclusion of an autograph letter signed with postscript : Lichfield, to Robert Fellowes, [1804] Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664731 Anna Seward was born in Eyam, Derbyshire, and resided in Lichfield, England from age thirteen until her death. In addition to her career as a poet, she carried on a voluminous correspondence with many literary figures. From the description of Papers, 1781-1807. (Harvard University)...
Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt1qx7 (person)
George Savile was a political figure of eighteenth-century England. From the description of Papers, 1761-1782. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122579029 From the guide to the Sir George Savile papers, 1761-1782, 1761-1782, (American Philosophical Society) ...
Beugo, Alexander
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1829
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Beattie, James, 1735-1803
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James Beattie was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland. From the description of Notes on James Beattie's lectures, 1766-1767. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58659044 Scottish poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Aberdeen, to Dr. Lettsom, 1779 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621921 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to the Reverend Mr. Calde...
Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04hp3 (person)
English painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Paddington Green [London], to J.T. Simes, 1838 Jul. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to David Roberts, 1848 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872389 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to A.E. Chalon, [n.d.], "Saturday morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270855706 Fro...
Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f7hgm (person)
Cobb, Mrs. Mary Hammond, 1718-1793?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k75h2 (person)
Bent, William, 1809-1869
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George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton
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Faulkner, Benjamin Rawlinson, 1787-1849
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Luigi Schiavonetti
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James Bruce, 1730-1794
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Robert Balmanno.
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Royal Institution of Great Britain.
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George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith, 1746-1823
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Thomas Garnett, 1766-1802
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Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867
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Henry Crabb Robinson was an English barrister and foreign correspondent, reporting from the continent during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1811 he began keeping a diary, in which he recorded thoughts and observation on friends and acquaintances, including most of the major literary figures in England and continental Europe. His diary remains an invaluable resource for Anglophiles and students of European Romanticism. From the description of Henry Crabb Robinson letter to Tom Taylor, 1863 M...
University of Cambridge.
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Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...
Grignion, Charles
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Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
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English essayist, poet and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : postmarked Rugby, to Ambrose Philips, 1713 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904667 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Oxford], to Jacob Tonson, [1694-5] Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904668 From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, authorizing payment of expenses of George Bubb [Dodington] in Spain, 1717 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCa...
Gay, John, 1685-1732
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Epithet: poet, playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0002c5 ...
J. de Fleury
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Huygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687
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Erasmus Darwin, 1731-1802
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P. Faustino? Anderloni
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Queen (ship)
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Thomas Moore, 1779-1852
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Lodge, John, 1945-
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Epithet: of the University Library, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000213 Epithet: afterwards Lodge Ellerton; composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000211 ...
Bretherton, Charles
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Harris, Thomas, -1820
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Proprietor of Covent Garden. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Knightsbridge, to John Webster, 1783 April 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270501559 Thomas Harris, English theatre manager. Aquiring his fortune in the soap manufacturing business, Harris joined with others in 1767 to buy the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. There he acted as manager from 1774 until his death in 1803. From the description of Thomas Harris manuscript material : 1 ite...
Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826
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Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530598 ...
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
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Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...
S. Sparrow
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Porteus, Beilby
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François Pigeot
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Mr. (Lewis) Theobald
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Chandler, Richard, 1738-1810
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Richard Chandler was a classical scholar and author, best known for his travels in Asia Minor and Greece. Born in Hampshire and educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and Magdalen College, he published several notable translations and works on classical Greece, and was commissioned by the Society of Dilettanti to command an expedition to Asia Minor and Greece. He collected valuable notes and materials, including pieces of the Parthenon, and co-authored several books on the expedition's discoveries...
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hague, to William Blathwayt, "16th or 17th in the Morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619084 From the description of Receipt for his pension (incomplete) signed : Whitehall, 1696 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619097 From the description of Autograph letters signed (11) : Westminster, to Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1706 Aug. 8-1716 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619089 Fr...
Pitt, Christopher, 1699-1748
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Esterhazy
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Alexander Macmillan, 1818-1896
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k4w97 (person)
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, viscount, 1758-1805
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British naval officer. After his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The following year he was made Duke of Bronté in Sicily for his role in restoring the civil government of Naples after its rescue from the French. From the description of ALS : Brixham, to Emma Hamilton, London, 1801 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506957 Horatio Nelson, British admiral, mad...
Ozias Humphry, 1742-1810
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Luis de Requesens y de Zuñiga?
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Ceroni
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Alexander, John McKnitt, 1733-1817
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Johnson, Michael, 1656-1731
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Wray, Daniel, 1701-1783
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Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709
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Barbara Villiers was the mistress of Charles II of England, who fathered five of her children, including Anne Fitzroy who is the subject of this lettter. Anne had married Thomas Lennard, Earl of Sussex on Aug. 11, 1674 when she was only 13 years old. Villiers was created Duchess of Cleveland by Charles II. From the description of [Letter] 1703 May 22 [to] Sir Thomas Dyke / Cleveland. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 190683958 ...
James Boswell, 1740-1795
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Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789
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Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1719-1789) was a native of Turin, Italy. After beginning his literary career in Italy, he removed to London in 1751. There he served as an Italian language tutor, and soon became a member of Samuel Johnson's literary circle. After publishing A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages (1760), he returned to Italy for five years, where he courted controversy with his literary periodical La Frusta Letteraria. He settled in London permanently in 1765. In 1769, ...
John Stuart, Earl of Bute.
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Burney, Charles, 1757-1817
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Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. From the description of Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscri...
G. Saunders
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Charlotte Johnston Marchioness of Annandale
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Cottenham, Charles Christopher Pepys, Earl of, 1781-1851
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Mrs. Carr
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Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
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John Robinson.
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Hutton, James, 1715-1795
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx2vs4 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 34421 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x000133 Epithet: trade union official British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x000135 ...
Medley, Samuel, 1769-1857
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F. A. Roberts
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Capt. Cotes
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Parker, John William
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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00027e ...
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, marquess of, 1830-1903
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3rd Marquess, 22nd Earl. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arlington St., to the Warden of New College, [18]83 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633529 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : London, to W. Macquaid, 1872 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270853269 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Foreign Office, [London], to Arthu...
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
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Henry Fox, first Baron Holland of Foxley, British politician. From the description of Henry Fox, Lord Holland manuscript material : 2 items, 1756-1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427418296 Fox was born on June 21, 1854 at Beaver Island (Mich.). At age 16, he married Matilda Steele on Nov. 6, 1870 in Pine Lake (Mich.). Together they had at least five children. Fox died on Sept. 24, 1933 in Mich. after an adventurous life filled with travel. From...
David Wilson
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G. Roy
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J. L. Joseph Lionel? Williams
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Fanny Burney.
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Antoine-François Quétant
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68n184b (person)
W. B. (William Bradford) Reed
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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800
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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...
John Henderson, 1747-1785
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James Crossley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd20dt (person)
Lye, Edward, 1694-1767
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67z02qw (person)
Mary, queen, consort of James V, King of Scotland, 1515-1560
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Mary of Guise (1515-1560) was married to James V, mother of Mary queen of Scots and regent of Scotland for her daughter. She was the daughter of the duc de Guise. She was married first to Louis, duc de Longueville, and then to the widowed James V in 1538. Her two sons died in infancy leaving only her daughter Mary, born just days before the death of James V. Mary of Guise became fully embroiled in the governance of Scotland, dealing with internal faction fighting, pacts with the Fre...
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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Organization founded in 1768. In 1870 it took over the annual Old Masters exhibitions from the British Institution. From the description of Papers, 1827-1907. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626129 ...
Barrington, Samuel, 1729-1800
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Samuel Barrington, British naval officer. In 1779, while battling the French in St. Lucia, Barrington briefly became second in command to Admiral John Byron, grandfather of Lord Byron. From the guide to the Samuel Barrington manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1782, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Sir Charles", [no year] Jan. 14. (...
Collier, George Ralph, Sir, Captain; RN
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Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002fc Surgeon? British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00037e ...
John Hill
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Fitzmaurice, Thomas, 1742-1793
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Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry, 1732-1760
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s7xgg (person)
Moxon, Edward
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc47hw (person)
Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 40120 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x000308 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000217 ...
Hilkiah? Bedford.
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Heberden, William, 1710-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb7qsr (person)
English physician and classical scholar. From the description of Letter, 1776, July 11 : Windsor. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091038 Epithet: MD; of Add MS 37222 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000e1 Epithet: the younger., physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000e2 Heb...
Samuel Rogers
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George Osborne
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gs0wbb (person)
Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of Leeds
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t582pt (person)
Samuel Crompton, 1753-1827
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66n709x (person)
Tooley, John
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Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
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Giovanni de Medici. From the description of Autograph signature "Placet et ita mandamu" to a document, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270592012 Epithet: El gran Diavolo.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0003c6 ...
William Smellie
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f6148j (person)
Reading, Burnet
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j209tz (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x00017b ...
Blackie, Fullarton, & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk5n48 (corporateBody)
John Boydell.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb3668 (person)
Ravenet, Simon François 1721-1774
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6973418 (person)
Dr. Mitchell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n727zb (person)
Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z8j2b (person)
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p9j55 (person)
Mr. Lowe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b98tpz (person)
Colquhoun, James, Sir, 1741-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b01d6z (person)
Armytage, James Charles (English engraver and draftsman, 1802-1897)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w361s (person)
Nell Gwyn, 1650-1687
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67504pb (person)
Sir Joseph Banks
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p41btp (person)
Thomas Secker, 1693-1768
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v25z33 (person)
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, 1689-1741
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx4zkj (person)
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv7c8f (person)
English statesman. William Pulteney, born in 1684, was the 10th Earl of Bath. He died in 1764. From the description of Papers, 1714. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658457 ...
Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz1zqx (person)
Selwyn, Charles, 1715-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s31frm (person)
A. F. (August Ferdinand), Graf von? Veltheim
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69f0n0z (person)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751-1816
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v8309h (person)
Innes & Clerk
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Thomas? Astle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f3324n (person)
George Steevens.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr8880 (person)
Jacques De Bie
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q08qrx (person)
Charles Picart
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d92t7g (person)
James Anthony Froude, 1818-1894
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f89tqc (person)
J. John Thomas Smith
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r06sxj (person)
Soper, Richard F., approximately 1810-approximately 1862
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Chelsea College
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Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc08k2 (person)
Sir Alured Clarke
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68r0hkq (person)
Penneck, Richard, 1727 or 1728-1803
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65794zd (person)
Van der Gucht, Benjamin, -1794
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Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066
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The patron saint of St. Edward's University. A statue of of St. Edward was donated to the university on October 13, 1962 by Anita Zapalac im memory of Louis Zapalac, father of Robert Zapalac, class of 1962. That date was the 900th anniversary of Edward's death and is St. Edward's feast day, which has also been established as St. Edward's University Founders Day. From the description of Edward the Confessor collection, 1962-1985. (St. Edward's University Library). WorldCat record id: ...
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
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English mezzotint engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brayne's Row [London], to Josian Boydell, 1811 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742765 ...
Browne, Isaac Hawkins the younger 1745-1818
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English essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Badger, to George Romney, 1797 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903194 ...
Mr. Brian
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Benjamin, Alexander
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Knox, John, approximately 1514-1572
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Rothwell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n43chh (person)
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...
Sir John Lade.
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Edmund? Burke.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t85xp2 (person)
John Trumbull
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p12kks (person)
Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2m85 (person)
Antiquary. From the description of Letter, 1814. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658808 Antiquary. Samuel Lysons, 1763-1819, assisted his brother, Daniel Lysons, on the "Magna Britannia." From the description of Letter, 17??. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658614 ...
Sir Harbottle Grimston.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h84q81 (person)
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789
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Sir Philip Francis
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc7jsb (person)
Dominicus van der Smissen
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60x2knf (person)
France. Ministère des finances
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British Museum.
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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...
Mr. Knowlton
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Giambattista Morgagni
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q66gdv (person)
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
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Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865184 English novelist, author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. Born Frances Burney, married General d'Arblay. From the description of ALS : to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, [1781] May 31-June 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). ...
John Bradshaw.
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Musgrave, Richard, 1745 or 1746-1818
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Irish political author, politician. In 1778, Sir Richard was elected M.P. for the borough of Lismore. He was appointed receiver of the Customs in Dublin. In 1782 he married Deborah, daughter of Sir Henry Cavendish and soon after he was made a Baronet. He was appointed High Sheriff of Co. Waterford in 1786. In 1794 he published "A Letter on the Present Situation of Public Affairs" in London and in 1796 "Considerations on the Present State of England and France." ...
Smith, George
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Epithet: Assyriologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x00008c Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000367 Epithet: of Add MS 34686 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00036c Epithet: of Smith, Eld...
Körte, Wilhelm
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Arthur Severus O'Toole.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt6c0m (person)
Charles Burney, 1757-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kj42qc (person)
Thomas Thurlow, 1737-1791
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d5sd2 (person)
Waller Edmund 1606-1687
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to William Cavendish, third Earl of Devonshire, [1657?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586444 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000246 Edmund Waller (1606-1687), the poet. For a fuller account of his life and writings see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the Te...
Smith, Miss
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Foot, Jesse
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s3wxc (person)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...
Garrick, George
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Markham, Mrs., 1780-1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms77hm (person)
John Home, 1722-1808
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb6mzt (person)
Mrs. Smith
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t65zs (person)
Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount, 1746-1823.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6521wc4 (person)
Henry Liddell, Baron Ravensworth
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65g254t (person)
St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
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George Macartney, Earl Macartney, 1737-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6875w3q (person)
Chapuy, Nicolas-Marie-Joseph, 1790-1858
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r064vs (person)
George Buchanan.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67z05rk (person)
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
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George Grenville, British Whig statesman and Prime Minister from 16 April 1763 - 13 July 1765. From the description of George Grenville manuscript material : 2 items, 1732-1767 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 261127049 English statesman. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1763 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270509636 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stowe, to his brother in Italy, 1731 Dec. 5. (Unk...
Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, 1727-1808
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tp0sq3 (person)
Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b991pt (person)
St. Albans Abbey
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d56dh7 (corporateBody)
Philip Doddridge?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t00x3s (person)
A. Y.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w678000r (person)
Alderman Curtis, Sheriff of London
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q951pq (person)
E. C. Edward Capel? Whitehurst
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh7965 (person)
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790
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English engraver. From the description of Document signed : Dublin, 1785 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664776 From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p., London], 1787 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662029 From the description of Engravings of Elizabeth White Hartley in The distrest mother, [1782]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 741176759 ...
E. Evans
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George Augustus Selwyn, 1719-1791
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m0890 (person)
Cosway, Richard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t84kw (person)
Henry Baker, 1698-1774
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh93fc (person)
Edme de Boulonois
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f89zvt (person)
Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785
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James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was an English statesman and soldier who served as a member of Parliament for thirty-two years. His interest in penal reform coupled with his humanitarian bent and support for imperial expansion led him to conceive of and establish the American colony of Georgia, where newly freed and unemployed debtors from England were to be sent. In addition to his political and philanthropic interests, Oglethorpe was active in the military, attaining the rank of General an...
William Julius Mickle, 1735-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g5d7w (person)
Forster, John, 1812-1876
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s470km (person)
John Forster was born and raised in Newcastle by Unitarian parents, and educated at Cambridge and London's Inner Temple. He became an important literary critic and editor, and wrote numerous books of his own, notably several biographies. Forster's greatest contribution may have been as literary adviser and advocate for some of the key authors of his day, including Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle. His support, advice, and promotion of authors and writing helped define Victorian taste. Fo...
Mr. Fisher
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Peter Khuff
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm2q37 (person)
Michael Drayton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h7mdg (person)
Charles Lamb, 1775-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc4d9g (person)
George Bullock
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f61bf8 (person)
Sir Thomas Lawrence
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65853mb (person)
Rachel Lunn? Wyatt
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q95kt4 (person)
Edward Cave, 1691-1754
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n438ph (person)
Brackstone, James
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g019gj (person)
George Colman, 1762-1836
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s60nzf (person)
James Roberts, 1753-ca. 1809
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f617x9 (person)
Alexander Carlyle, 1722-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk57b3 (person)
Marshall, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6154q76 (person)
Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x000172 Epithet: of Add MS 38211 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x00018a William Marshall, (ca. 1740-1802); Scottish Associate Presbyterian missionary to Philadelphia; pastor at Deep Run in Bucks County, then Scots Presbyterian (Philadelphia, Pa.); Sta...
Adriaen van der Werff
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg777c (person)
Lind, James
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Epithet: MD, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00017e Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x00006b Epithet: MD, FRS; of Add MS 22897 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000111 ...
Harris, James, 1709-1780
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James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). From the description of James Harris manuscript material : 2 items, 1743-1765 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300092941 ...
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810
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Hall, John, of Richmond
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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00022a Epithet: schoolmaster, of Cambuslang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000233 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 6171 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000225 The John Ha...
Thomas Barber, fl. 1818-1846
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Beauclerk, Topham, 1739-1780
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g0025 (person)
Godby, James
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Laveigne
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...
Hugo Grotius, 1583-1645
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Robinson, Henry
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Epithet: of Add MS 22548 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00018c Epithet: merchant and writer on economics; d. circ 1664 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00018b Epithet: of Monkton, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descr...
John Faber
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Freeling, George H. (George Hamilton)
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Title: 2nd Baronet (1836) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x0003b4 ...
Stockdale, Percival, 1736-1811
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Stockdale was a British author. Porter was a British novelist. From the description of Letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581299 Percival Stockdale was a British author. Jane Porter was a British novelist. From the guide to the Percival Stockdale letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...
Strahan, William, 1715-1785
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Epithet: Secretary to Sir P Meadows British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000155 William Strahan was a London printer and publisher, member of Parliament, and friend of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Journals and accounts, 1751-1777. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589409 From the guide to the William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777, ...
Mrs. Bacon
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Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb62mt (person)
Mr. Selwyn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk8c6s (person)
Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6669g1d (person)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6819489 (person)
Matthew Baillie, 1761-1823
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6584vhq (person)
Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770
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Anastasia Robinson.
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Malone, Edmond
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000356 Epithet: of Add MS 35299 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x...
Eglinton, Frances Twysden Montgomerie, Countess of?
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Mr. Moreton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p95s4 (person)
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gh9g3w (person)
A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...
F. Chardon, aîné
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Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol, 1720-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j52knt (person)
Thomas? Cook
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xj3gn5 (person)
Dolben, William, Sir, 1727-1814
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60908f2 (person)
Forster, Christopher
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6876bhv (person)
Wills, Benjamin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km92k5 (person)
Epithet: Secretary of Society for Encouragement of Industry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0001e8 Epithet: of Sydenham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0001e7 ...
Cook, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n68cpb (person)
Epithet: alias derman of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00032e Epithet: Smuggler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0000c9 Epithet: late of Codnor, yeoman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000978.0x000076 Epithet: of Add ...
John Evelyn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn7vhv (person)
Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx3sjq (person)
British journalist, economist, and member of the House of Commons, 1859-1874; from Leeds, Yorkshire, England. From the description of Papers, 1832-1883. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32305522 From the description of Papers, 1832-1880. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19210521 English journalist, statesman and philanthropist; son of Edward BAINES 1774-1848; member of Parliament, 1859-1874 From the guide to the Sir Edward Bai...
James McArdell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw2874 (person)
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nc6kj0 (person)
Henry Knox.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60x1vkg (person)
MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p0xj2 (person)
Stebbing Shaw.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf9jdp (person)
Henry Thornton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s7hvf (person)
Hume, David, 1711-1776
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s75k8w (person)
Scottish philosopher and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to the Earl of Eglinton, 1767 Spring. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528546 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Strahan], 1757 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269524752 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [Richard Davenport], 1767 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269529984 From the de...
Mr. Worsley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67z0j1q (person)
William Douglas of Lochleven later Earl of Morton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc5j5t (person)
Knapton, Paul, fl. 1735-1770
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb162x (person)
Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v26sdf (person)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a poet. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Shelley Papers, 1815-21, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...
John Rippon.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp2sc8 (person)
Sir Richard Steele, 1672-1729
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f619x4 (person)
Wellmore, Edward
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h55f9h (person)
Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw70ng (person)
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8jht (person)
English novelist. From the description of Autograph promissory note for £100, signed : London, payable "thirty days after sight," to William Strahan, and addressed to Alexander Telfer of Symington, 1758 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664540 From the description of Autograph promissory note for £50, signed : Bath, 1766 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664536 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, to the printer, William Straha...
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf607j (person)
Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist. From the guide to the Peter Pindar letter to John Walker, 1805-1812, (Ohio University) John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar." ...
Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, 1725-1786
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tv8wb5 (person)
Scott, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg6dtc (person)
Epithet: afterwards Earl of Clonmell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x00006c Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000082 Title: 1st Earl of Clonmell 1793 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000093 Epi...
Arthur N. Sanders?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj79tf (person)
E. Bocquet
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw83jr (person)
David Stewart Erskine, later Earl of Buchan?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx5gh7 (person)
William Warburton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r92f1b (person)
Stockdale, Percival
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw1zjn (person)
Epithet: Naval chaplain, political writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000296 ...
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d5m4d (person)
Thomas Parnell, 1679-1718
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40d8z (person)
Henry Barnard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j5323t (person)
Port-Royal de Paris (Abbey)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w1cqf (corporateBody)
Pepys, Lucas, Sir, 1742-1830
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r24jdv (person)
Scottish physician. From the description of Note, undated, [between 1784-1830] : to James Window, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35251921 ...
Mrs. Fox
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63d0d6j (person)
William Cruikshank, 1745-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68r070s (person)
Zucchi, Antonio, 1726-1795
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64p36vs (person)
John Jackson, 1778-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f3b3d (person)
Ruffhead, Owen, 1723-1769
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x3xgh (person)
Henry Yelverton Earl of Sussex
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk3v0h (person)
Walter Savage Landor, 1775-1864
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66823sr (person)
Priscott, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f4bnz (person)
Richard Owen Cambridge, 1717-1802
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t5qbz (person)
Aston, Thomas, Sir, ca. 1705-1744
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b98sz4 (person)
Ryland, John, 1723-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p91tg (person)
James Hutton.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g58468 (person)
Watson, Caroline
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w519z8 (person)
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04kpx (person)
English political reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : London?, to the Duke of Grafton, 1766 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588254 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London, to Mr. Phillips, 1797 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586602 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1770 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589861 From the description of Sign...
B. Granger
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg74bk (person)
Mr. Boulger ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6207q17 (person)
Mr. Davis
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f89xf1 (person)
Henry Dundas Viscount Melville
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh8vh0 (person)
Anna Seward.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t0pcm (person)
Stone, John Hurford, 1763-1818
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw0ng1 (person)
Walmsley, Gilbert, 1680-1751
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m3zpk (person)
envelope
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66g0b0n (person)
J. Johnson, et al.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc296j (person)
Miss Dyott
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67j5czh (person)
Kirkland, Thomas, 1722-1798
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gm952r (person)
Resident of Claremont [County, later Sumter County], S.C. From the description of Ledger, 1776-1790. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31060535 ...
Vyse, William, 1741 or 2-1816.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s5bms (person)
William Doughty
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b1qkr (person)
Smith, Anker, 1759-1819
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g748h4 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000122 Engraver. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1787 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664596 ...
Baldwin, Henry, 1780-1844
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b6jm5 (person)
Baldwin was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1817-1822), and served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1844). From the description of Letters to George Duffield and Charles McAllister, 1807, 1826. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338603 ...
Stewart, John (John D.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h8bq2 (person)
Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x00036c Epithet: Curate of Syder stone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000363 Title: 4th Earl of Atholl British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000380 Title: 7th Earl of Galloway ...
William Robertson, 1721-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6099qm3 (person)
Francis Sartorius
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk2bqf (person)
Broglie, François Marie, , 1671-1745
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v2vjn (person)
Mr. Hills
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40cdb (person)
Richard Cumberland, 1732-1811
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c09xwg (person)
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8cm3 (person)
Dobson became known as a poet for his works "Proverbs in Porcelain" (1877) and "Collected Poems" (1897), in which he used the French forms, and as a biographer, for "Fanny Burney" and "Horace Walpole." From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1908. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122445124 Henry Austin Dobson, civil servant and poet, was born on 18 January 1840. After leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Board of Trade where he remained until...
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mk6f72 (person)
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...
Mr. Wilson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60b0kp8 (person)
Fletcher, Mary, 1739-1815
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n56r7 (person)
Miss Denman
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j5296p (person)
Mrs. Taylor
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw8fgw (person)
Douglas, John, 1721-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th95wk (person)
John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury and writer. From the description of John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173993566 From the guide to the John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Curtis, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6096777 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 35057 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000059 Epithet: entomologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00001e Epithet: pattenmaker, of Southwark British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...
George? Murray, d. 1822
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q6658b (person)
Caroline Lee Haviland
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v44gr (person)
Halpin, Frederick W., 1805-1880
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tn9sfk (person)
Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz0nsg (person)
Epithet: of Stowe MS 180 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000045 Epithet: of Étampes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0001d7 Epithet: Archbishop of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0002eb Epithet: Writer and...
Falconer, William, 1744-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w626579b (person)
Harding and Lepard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx4rmh (corporateBody)
Ambrose? Philips
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d35tt5 (person)
Bell, J. L. (John Lane)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b3tt8 (person)
Epithet: Lieutenant-General; Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000344 Epithet: Provost of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000372 Epithet: of Add MS 23804 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0...
S. Rawle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq9n38 (person)
Bute, John Stuart, Marquess of, 1744-1814.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br9c82 (person)
Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p3mwr (person)
Thomas Hearne, English antiquary and diarist. From the description of Thomas Hearne manuscript material : 2 items, 1716-1728 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301818385 Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), the historical antiquary, took his M.A. at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1703 and became second keeper of the Bodleian Library in 1712. For fuller details of his life and writings see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the Satirical poem in...
Mr. George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v4s61 (person)
John Locke, 1632-1704
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69q6pw2 (person)
Docr. Johnson's ghost, by a lady
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg5g4g (person)
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk3cr4 (person)
Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...
Fleury, André-Hercule de 1653-1743
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd88x5 (person)
French cardinal and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, 1716 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526933 ...
Edmund Waller, 1606-1687
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb6vgf (person)
Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np9kdf (person)
English engraver. From the description of Autograph note signed : to Henry Graves, "Tuesday, 2 o'clock." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634785 ...
Hayley, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv2kfq (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 34887 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002fc William Hayley (1745-1820), poet, was born at Chichester, West Sussex, on 29 October 1745. He joined Eton in 1757, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1763, and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1766. He published volumes of verse and biographies of John Milton (1794), William Cowper (1803) and George Romney (1809). Hayley died at Felpham, ...
Langton, Bennet, 1737-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm5fhp (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 38510 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00006a Bennet Langton, English writer, and friend of Samuel Johnson. From the description of Bennet Langton manuscript material : 1 item, 1786 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 696631839 ...
Fox, Charles
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw0dvs (person)
Epithet: scientific writer of Trebah British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x0002d2 Epithet: writer for The Gramophone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0001df Epithet: Councillor to Qu Catharine of Braganza British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001...
Oliver Goldsmith
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61408q7 (person)
Carruthers, Robert, 1799-1878
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r14zx (person)
Fox, Charles-James, 1749-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xk8ktw (person)
Charles James Fox was born in London on January 24, 1749. After attending Eton and Oxford, his first political success came with his election to Parliament in 1768. Though he initially supported the government's efforts against the populist machinations of John Wilkes, Fox's political views began to shift after receiving and resigning a number of political appointments, leading him to increasingly ally himself with the Rockingham Whigs. During the early 1770s, Fox opposed the British economic po...
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh106b (person)
English biographer and friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. From the description of Autograph notes : place not specified, 1744 or later. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534208 ...
Jenkins, Joseph John, 1811-1885
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d79s71 (person)
Engraver, watercolorist. From the description of Letter, ca. 1860. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80432819 ...
Willem van de Passe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6944tmh (person)
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66w9dj6 (person)
English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1769 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561366 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to [William] Hoare, [1773]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570722 English artist. From the descriptio...
Mary? Fricker later Lovell?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw4vqw (person)
Sir Nathaniel Dance
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f90bm5 (person)
Karl Alexander, Margrave of Ansbach-Bayreuth, 1736-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66c039r (person)
James Boswell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ts0nv8 (person)
Caroline Campbell Bruce Conway, Countess Ailesbury.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q95bjn (person)
Voltaire, 1694-1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs5t6n (person)
French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...
Davies, William, 1970-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j4hg6 (person)
Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c1 Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c2 Epithet: of Add MS 34778 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c4 ...
Thomas Sprat.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw77nc (person)
John Mitchell, fl. 1832-1889
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6681sf5 (person)
Edwards, William Camden, 1777-1855
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg2jqn (person)
Pearson, George, 1751-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz6h3q (person)
Merchant. From the description of Papers, 1758-1799. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50657926 ...
Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb5gwr (person)
Charles Dilly was apprenticed to his brother Edward Dilly (1732-1779) as a bookseller in 1756 and joined the firm in 1764 and worked jointly with Edward until his death in 1779. Charles continued in the trade until he sold the firm to Joseph Mawman in 1800. From the description of [Letter] 1795 Oct. 7, London [to] Mr. Young, Philadelphia / C. Dilly. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191958952 ...
P. Pieter Stevens van? Gunst
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr183t (person)
Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq616w (person)
Terence
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x45fv2 (person)
Blacklock, Thomas, 1721-1791
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k0hrc (person)
Burke, Richard, 1733-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m6rdb (person)
Brother of Edmund Burke. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London], to the Misses Francis, [no year] Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270513212 ...
Mr. Penman ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs94c8 (person)
Alexander Pope.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67v190q (person)
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd14mf (person)
English natural philosopher and mathematician. From the description of Receipt signed : London?, 1718 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612606 From the description of Autograph notes : [n.p.], ca. 1706?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611631 From the description of Document signed : London?, 1704 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612422 Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician. From the description of Notes on ancient history and ...
Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f90zjq (person)
Lark (Ship)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g9z13 (corporateBody)
Edmund Waller
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g0132p (person)
Macdowell, Patrick
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk51m6 (person)
Thomas Lowther
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6625j4p (person)
Anthony Karl Anton Hickel
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v2643j (person)
Holl, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x6b5z (person)
Epithet: sec Ornithological Society of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000216 ...
John Scott, 1774-1827
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Bath, Charles Granville, Earl of, d. 1701
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t91zz (person)
Gill, John
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Epithet: of Penryn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000250 Epithet: keeper, of New Windsor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0000c9 Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x0000cb Epithet: Vicar of Kirk...
P. Francis
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67v1q31 (person)
Dr. Jones
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Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qh2t40 (person)
A. Birrell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp2wdz (person)
Sir Isaac Newton
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Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
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Landseer, Charles, 1799 or 1800-1879
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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x00014a English historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to A[chille] Vogue, 1865 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596607 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to C.W. Cope, [no year] Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595890 Epithet: RA 1845 ...
Payne, John, -1787
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Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755
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Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755) was the son of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, wine merchant, and lord mayor of London in 1706. After being educated at St. Paul's school and Eton, Rawlinson matriculated at St. John's college, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner in 1708; he proceeded BA in 1711, MA in 1713, and received the honorary degree of DCL in 1719. He was FRS and FSA, and a Bishop among the Nonjurors (1728). In 1719-26 he travelled in Holland, France, Germany and Italy, gradually amassing a foreign, class...
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Mr. Long, 1650 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526766 From the description of Autograph endorsement and signature : [n.p.], 1660 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512553 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00028d ...
Henry Bright?
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Dugourc, J. D. (Jean Démosthène), 1749-1825
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Edward Capell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh6ptd (person)
John Wilkes, 1727-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w22qdd (person)
Mr. Tunnard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk2k8h (person)
John Peter Cook
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z2qfm (person)
David Mallet
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t010rh (person)
Baker, Thomas, 1656-1740
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63495sx (person)
Ozias Humphry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn60d3 (person)
Mr. Mathias
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q95d43 (person)
Sir Henry Raeburn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh6w04 (person)
Barnard, Thomas, 1728-1806
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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0000cb Bishop and dean of Derry Cathedral. From the description of Thomas Barnard correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451203 Thomas Barnard (Bishop of Killaloe) was instituted to the deanery of Derry on 2 June 1769. From the description of To Sir Joshua Reynolds by the Dean of Derry [poem], 1769. (Huntington...
Stadler, Joseph Constantine (German printmaker, active 1780-1812)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s02wvp (person)
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp8k93 (person)
Professor of chemistry and medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland. From the description of Joseph Black papers, circa 1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131907 British chemist and physicist. From the description of Chemistry, undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 32288659 Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physician. Best known for his experiments and discoveries with regard to heat and the properties of gasses, Black was a partner and longtime frie...
Bowles, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m2803 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 38230 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00000d Epithet: of Add MS 37881 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00000c Epithet: of Add MS 22900 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00000a Epithet: of Add MS 4301...
Cunningham, Edward Francis
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Nasmyth, Alexander, 1758-1840
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Wedgwood, John Taylor, 1783?-1856
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66c0wnr (person)
John Thomas Smith, 1766-1833
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p69674 (person)
Williams, Anna, 1706-1783
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Elliott & Fry
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London portrait photographers Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry established a talbotype photography studio in Baker St. in 1863. From the description of Letters received, ca. 1832-1894. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626125 ...
James Lowther Earl of Lonsdale
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Kearsley, George
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Winchester College
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Charles Auguste Guillaume? Steuben
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Dilly, Charles
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Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas
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More, Hannah, 1745-1833
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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...
Hotham, Richard, Sir
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Clarendon, Thomas Villiers, Earl of, 1709-1786.
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Arnold de Jode
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd6g7c (person)
George Sandys, 1578-1644
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Sydenham, Thomas, 1624-1689
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Epithet: of Add MS 37296 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0002f2 ...
Sherlock, William P. (British painter, ca. 1780-1850)
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Mrs. Hayley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg29n9 (person)
Jones Very
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n444qp (person)
William Creech
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6139nf8 (person)
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 (Spirit)
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Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791
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Epithet: of Add MS 34736 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000d1 ...
Aeschylus
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James Heath
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m4737t (person)
G. Penn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt33sw (person)
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D
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Eglinton, Alexander Montgomerie, Earl of, 1723-1769
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Smirke, Robert
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John Opie, 1761-1807
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb0qhk (person)
Bowyer, William, 1699-1777
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William Bowyer (1699-1777) was the only son of printer William Bowyer (1663-1737). He studied as a sizar at St. John's College, Cambridge, but did not take a degree. Bowyer was printer for the Royal Society and printed votes for the House of Commons as well as some of his own works. From the description of William Bowyer papers, 1674-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146577 Epithet: the younger, printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : P...
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 ...
Mark Akenside, 1721-1770
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Hugh Percy (Duke of Northumberland)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p8fkc (person)
Richard Hett.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s4vfc (person)
Pinkerton, John
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Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000328 Epithet: of Add MS 34486 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00032a ...
Maj. -Gen. C. Burton
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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
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A member of an old Scots-Irish family, Macartney studied at Trinity College (M.A., 1759) in Dublin. He was knighted and appointed envoy extraordinary to Russia in 1764 and, on his return, entered Parliament, becoming chief secretary for Ireland (1769-72). In 1775 he became governor of the Caribbee Islands (Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago), being created an Irish baron in 1776, and from 1780 to 1786 he served as governor of Madras. After being created a viscount (1792), he was sent to China t...
Joseph Warner, 1717-1801
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Calder, John, 1733-1815
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Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628
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Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby
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Strickland, Cecilia, 1741-1814
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Catherine Horneck Bunbury.
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Major, John, 1936-
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 795 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000194 Epithet: of Bridlington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x0001ef Epithet: MP for Scarborough Title: Baronet 1765 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000...
Eton College
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James Cundee
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André Hercule de Fleury, 1653-1743
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
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Epithet: of Add MS 12099 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002fc Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000300 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), dramatist and politician, was born in Dublin on 30 October 1751, and educated at Harrow, 1762-1768. A production of his comedy The rivals was a...
Haines, William, 1900-1973
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John Taylor, d. 1651
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J. (John) Wright, 1770? -1844
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
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William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist. From the description of William Harrison Ainsworth collection of papers, [1836]-1889. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652063 From the guide to the William Harrison Ainsworth collection of papers, 1823]-1889, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Per...
John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, 1705-1782
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Prince of Hesse.
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Gough, Richard, 1735-1809
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Richard Gough, English antiquarian. From the guide to the Richard Gough manuscript material : 2 items, 1774, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Enfield, to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568428 Gough was born in London, 1735. He proved to be a scholastic child and, at the age of ju...
Sir Eyre Coote
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Warren, Charles Turner
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Epithet: Engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00024a ...
Sarah Ford Johnson.
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William Daniell
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Charles Eyles
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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761
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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. [Edward] Young, 1749 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617487 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sheridan, 1758 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617492 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to "Madam" [Frances Grainger], 1748 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617481 From the description of Autograph lette...
David Garrick
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W. Willem Jacobsz. Delff
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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
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Sarah Siddons was a famous 18th century British actress, best known for the role of Lady Macbeth; Miss Coates of Glasgow was her friend. From the description of Sarah Siddons letters to Miss Coates, 1795-1802. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 755229191 English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. [Prince?] Hoare, [1816] July 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663260 From the description of Autograph tic...
J. Lond James Lonsdale
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Boswell, James Griffin
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Epithet: Representative of Dysart at the Convention of Scottish Boroughs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 38226 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000353 ...
Mr. Duncan.
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Mr. Rogers
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William Conyngham Plunket, Baron Plunket, 1764-1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r05rtd (person)
Ryland, William Wynne, 1732-1783
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W. G. (William George) Moss
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Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768
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John Russell Duke of Bedford
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C. Greenwood ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc4vx1 (person)
Burney, Charles
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Epithet: MusD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0000b6 Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000321 Epithet: Dr; of Add MS 16947 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0001be ...
Hedges, Edward
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Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791
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Epithet: of Add MS 34736 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000d1 ...
Archibald Bower, 1686-1766
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W. (William) Finden
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William Falconer, 1744-1824
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Jocelyn Percy, Earl of Northumberland, 1644-1670
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b99vxw (person)
Turner, Charles Tennyson, 1808-1879
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Epithet: ARA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x000105 Epithet: of Lynn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x000111 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 35798 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x00010c Epithet: churchwarden, of Stroud Green ...
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001e7 Flemish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to Pierre Dupuy, 1626 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619218 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Antwerp, to Pierre Dupuy, 1626 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619214 ...
Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
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Bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Thomas Webster, 1793 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512902 English publisher. From the description of Document signed : London, 1783 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536546 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00039a ...
Michiel van Miereveld
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Mudge, William, 1762-1820
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Epithet: Captain, afterwards Major, RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x00036e ...
Mrs. Johnson
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Newbery, John, 1713-1767
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Margaret Caroline Howard, Countess of Carlisle, 1753-1824
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Mr. Cantini
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Philibert Boutrois
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John Stockdale
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Heath, James
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000391 ...
Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827
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Engraver. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : to Mr. Cadell, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534376 ...
Sir John Macpherson, 1745-1821
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Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
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Thomas Campbell was a poet known for his war poems, including "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." He also published "The Pleasure of Hope" in 1799, "Gertrude of Wyoming" in 1809, and "Theodric" in 1824. From the description of Thomas Campbell papers, 1821-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147203 Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, studied law in Edinburgh (1797), and became Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 1826-1829, as well as a...
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
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English amateur artist. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Charles St. [London], to Mr. Humphries [sic], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621791 Lady Diana Beauclerk, British artist. From the description of Description of her drawing for the Faerie Queene. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203670 From the description of Letter : Richmond, Tuesday night [between 1785 and 1790?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021...
Mason, William, 1725-1797
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nuneham, to William Burgh, 1777 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606797 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Aston, to Dr. Charles Burney, 1789 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270605470 From the description of Sonnet : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, 1796 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609611 From the description of Autograph letter signed : York...
Simon van de Pass
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Mayer, Carl, 1798-1868
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John Nourse.
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Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
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Joseph Ritson (1752-1803), antiquarian and literary scholar, is best known for his concern for textual accuracy and as the editor of several poetry anthologies, including The Northumbrian Garland (1793). He also published Observations on...the History of English Poetry (1782) and the Bibliographia Poetica (1802). From the description of Joseph Ritson collection, 1782-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132840 English literary antiquary. From the description o...
Scurlock, Alexander
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John Faber, 1695? -1756
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
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Protector. From the description of Letter signed "Oliver P" : Westminster, to Colonel Underwood, 1657 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537898 Epithet: Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x0002c4 Army officer, Puritan, and statesman of Great Britain. From the description of Oliver Cromwell papers, 1874. (Unknown). World...
Thomas Day, 1748-1789
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Margaret Woffington, d. 1760
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Ellis, George
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Epithet: of the War Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x0001bc Epithet: of East Grinstead British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x0001bb Epithet: of Drury Lane and the Surrey Theatres British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002b2 ...
Barrois, ...
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James II, King of England, 1633-1701
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Son of King Charles I, created Duke of York in 1634, and crowned King of England in 1685. From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83918980 From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148272 James II, king of England, 1675-1688. From the description of [Documents] / James R. (Smith College). WorldCa...
Wilbraham, Roger, b. 1716
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John and Paul Knapton
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John Wilkes
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Jean de la Bruyère, 1645-1696
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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The attribution of this otherwise unknown poem to 'D. Swift' may indicate D[ean Jonathan] Swift, the poet and satirist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the A gentle echo on woman, attributed to D. Swift, ca. 1710-1720, (Leeds University Library) Epithet: Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...
J. Baker
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Daniel Perreau, d. 1776
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
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James Wolfe (1727-1759), a British army officer. His victory at the battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759, Sept. 13) and his death on the battlefield made him a hero in Great Britain. From the description of Collection of letters, autographs, and drawings related to James Wolfe, 1740-1859. , (bulk ) (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 552281903 British general. From the description of ALS and reply : to Major Walter...
Toynbee, Helen Wrigley, 1868 or 9-1910.
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Oliver Goldsmith, 1794-1861?
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Owen, William, 1957-
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Epithet: Reverend; Secretary of the National and Constitutional Association British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0000bf Epithet: Reverend; son of W Owen, RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0000c0 Epithet: bookseller, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ...
W. William John? Roffe
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Mrs. Doyle
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Mr. Barker
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Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836
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Alexander Stewart, Earl of Galloway
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Mor, Anthonis
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St. Cross Church
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Ingouf, François Robert, 1747-1812
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Sarah Siddons, 1755-1831
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Adolphus, John Leycester, 1795-1862
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John Leycester Adolphus, British barrister and writer. In his critical essay, Letters to Richard Heber (1821), he demonstrates Walter Scott's previously unacknowledged authorship of the Waverley novels. From the guide to the John Leycester Adolphus manuscript material : 2 items, 1837-1839, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) British barrister and writer best remembered for his Letters to Richard Heber, a critical essay in ...
Mr. Leacroft
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Charles Jarvis
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Lade, John, Sir, 1759-1838
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Archibald Alison
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Sir Charles Wolseley
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....
Smith, Elder, and Co.
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The publishing firm of Smith, Elder, and Co. was founded in 1816 by George Smith (1789-1846) in partnership with Alexander Elder. In 1843, Smith's son, George Smith (1824-1901), took over much of the firm's operations, and, upon the death of his father in 1846, became sole head of the company. Smith lived in London with his mother, Elizabeth Murray Smith (1797-1878), until 1854, when he married Elizabeth Blakeway. They had two sons and three daughters. Smith, Elder, and ...
Le Neve, John, 1679-1741
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000050 English antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Peter Le Neve, 1715 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596718 ...
Augustin Saint-Aubin
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Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
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Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...
W. Baynes and Son
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W. F. William Faithorne?
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William Brouncker, Viscount Brouncker
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Tooke, John Horne
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Mr. Baker
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Lowndes, Thomas, 1766?-
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000373 Epithet: of Add MS 32714 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000370 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000376 Epithet: Founder of the Lownd...
Daniel Browne
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Thomas Pitt, Baron Camelford?
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Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, 1663-1690
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Elphinston, James, 1721-1809
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Bough, Samuel
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Henry Thrale, 1728-1781
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R. (Richard) Bentley, 1708-1782
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Vogue, Achille
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Charles Simpson
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Richard Lambert
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Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757
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Richard Dalton
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Mr. Chaplin
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Barnard, Edward, 1717-1781
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Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity
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Epithet: cartographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000362 ...
Philidor, F. D. (François Danican), 1726-1795
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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris], 27 July 1782, to Messieurs du Comité de l'Opéra, 1782 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674952 ...
R. Richard Bernard Godfrey
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Basire, James
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Epithet: the third, engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x00009c ...
William Green, 1760-1823
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Horace Walpole
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Thomas Ward Blagg
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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
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British publisher and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Carlton Villas [London], to John Forster, 1855 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270958677 Publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Tyler and Reed, 1848 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491100 Publisher and author Charles Knight was born at Windsor, and spent his youth apprenticed to his father, a bookseller and printe...
Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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William Herschel(b. November 15, 1738, Hannover, Germany–d. August 25, 1822, Slough, England) was a British astronomer and composer, and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). In the course of an observation on 13 March 1781, he ...
Roger Ascham.
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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
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William Hogarth was a British painter and engraver. From the description of Scrapbook, [ca. 1750-ca. 1820]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122370890 Epithet: RC Bishop of Hexham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00038e British painter and engraver. From the description of Draft manuscript, ca. 1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83983462 Epithet: fish...
Royal Naval College
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Strahan, George, 1744-1824
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Northcote, James, 1746-1831
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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...
Mostyn, Cecilia Thrale, 1777-1857.
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Shipster, Robert
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Sir Thomas Brown, 1605-1682
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Prideaux, Humphrey, 1648-1724
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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x00000e ...
Cyril Jackson, 1746-1819
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Sir Richard Birnie
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Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
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Welch, Saunders, 1710 or 11-1784.
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Hamilton, Archibald, -1792
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Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
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Knox, John, 1720-1790
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Epithet: Major -General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x0001af ...
Ficquet, Étienne, 1719-1794
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George Colman
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Bromley, John Charles, 1795-1839
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William Cowper Earl Cowper
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Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
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Elizabeth Chudleigh (c.1720-1788), courtier and bigamist, was the younger daughter and youngest child of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh (c.1688-1726), lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Henrietta Chudleigh (d. 1756) of Chalmington, Dorset. Her grandmother had been the author Mary Chudleigh. On August 4, 1744, Elizabeth secretly married Lieutenant the Hon. Augustus John Hervey RN (1724-1779). In 1768 Hervey, eager to marry another, pressed Elizabeth for a divorce and the case was brought to t...
Sir Eyre Coote, 1726-1783
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Blackie & Son.
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