Price and proposalls of Renatus Harris for his organ in the Temple Church, humbly offered to the Right Hon.ble the Lord High Chancellor of England and the two Hon.ble Societies of the Temple

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Title
Price and proposalls of Renatus Harris for his organ in the Temple Church, humbly offered to the Right Hon.ble the Lord High Chancellor of England and the two Hon.ble Societies of the Temple
Creator
Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715?
Contributor
Gillingham, Michael--Bookplate
Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715?
Hill, Arthur F.--(Arthur Frederick),--1860-1939--Bookplate
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys,--Baron,--1644 or 5-1689
Temple Church (London, England)
Published / Created
[ca. 1685]
Abstract

Bookplate: Ex libris Michael Gillingham; Arthur F. Hill, FSA.

Document containing Harris's request for a decision in the competition between the organs built by himself and by Bernard Smith for the Temple Church. Harris defends his price, notes sabotage of the pipes and bellows, and proposes rules to govern the test of the organs.

Letter petitioning Jeffreys either to pay Smith for his organ or to allow him to remove it from the Temple Church.

Description
Blanks not digitized.
Bound with: Bernard Smith, ALS to "Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellor of England".
Pasted down on front free endpaper: two newspaper clippings concerning Renatus Harris, one labeled "The Times. Sept. 30th, 1932."
Spine title: "Renatus Harris and His Organ in the Temple Church."
Tipped in: "An 18th Century Organ Builder's Proposal." Printed. Annotated: "From the October number of "The Organ," 1927."
Extent
1 v. (2 p., bound in vol.) ; 35 x 23 cm. + Transcript.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn fc149

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Business records
Correspondence
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
Gillingham, Michael--Bookplate
Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715?
Hill, Arthur F.--(Arthur Frederick),--1860-1939--Bookplate
Jeffreys, George Jeffreys,--Baron,--1644 or 5-1689
Temple Church (London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Organ (Musical instrument)--England
Organ builders--England

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Citation
Renatus Harris, Price and Proposalls of Renatus Harris for his Organ. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
7041976
Object ID (OID)
10521454

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