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

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

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

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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

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Aphra Behn, playwright. From the description of The rover: typescript, 1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652515 English author and spy. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Abigail, daughter-in-law of Edmund Waller, [after 1687 Oct. 21]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623324 ...

Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715

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Jekyll, Elizabeth, -1745

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Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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John Dryden, 1631-1700, was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England. From the description of John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 147971227 From the guide to the John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Epithet: poet and dramatist...

Stepney, George, 1663-1707

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Tonson, Jacob, -1735

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Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742

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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...

Newton, Richard, 1676-1753

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Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760

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Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700

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Kit-Cat Club (London, England)

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Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757

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Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754

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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732

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Epithet: politician and Jacobite conspirator Title: bishop of Rochester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000340 ...

Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721

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Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739

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Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767

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Baker family (Bayfordbury),

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Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731

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Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Claremont, to Mr. Sharpe, 1755 Jul. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609892 ...

Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732

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Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, approximately 1684-1739

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Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716

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Davenant, Henry, 1679-

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Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726

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Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736

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Epithet: Publisher; of Stowe MS 155 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x000022 Epithet: of Add MS 36933 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x00001e Publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to his nephew Jacob, [not dated, but after 1731]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572779 ...

Wilson, George, fl. 1735

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Congreve, William, 1670-1729

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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...

Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748

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Politician. Charles Seymour was the 6th Duke of Somerset, born 1662, and died 1743. Somerset was a politician, Speaker of the House of Lords in 1690; he had supported William of Orange in 1688. He won, with his wife, Elizabeth Percy, the confidence of Queen Anne. He lost his place in Council in 1711, and was reinstated until 1716. He was also a member of the Kit-Cat Club. From the description of Letter, 1732. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50...

Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 1660-1724

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Dr. Bowers is connected with the Duke of Newcastle, cf. C.c.1 (40) From the description of Autograph letter signed from Thomas Bowers, Bishop of Chichester, to Jacob Tonson I [manuscript], 1721 July 26. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281781202 ...

Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733

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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723

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German portrait painter in England. From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1706 Jul. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496280 From the description of Printed document signed : Twickenham, 1714/15 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496294 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1701 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496248 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1703 Oct. 22. (Unknown...

Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738

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