31 items. Various sizes. Collection includes a document signed by Jacob Tonson, the publisher, appointing his nephew, Jacob, as his attorney (7 Feb 1722); and a treasury order for payment to Tonson for printing, with a signed receipt (6 Sep 1721).
30 pieces. Various sizes. Lists of names of frequenters in dissenting conventicles, indictments, memoranda concerning specific meetings, and records of payments to informers.
1) "To the happy Memory of that Incomparable Person Mr. Clifford who died at Florence", a 60-line MS poem signed "W.R." 2) ALS from Gascoyne to Lord Clifford, Florence 1671 Jun 2, discussing the embarkation to England of the body of Tom Clifford, with a detailed account of funeral expenses. 3) Letter [copy] from Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Lord Clifford, Florence, 1671 Jul 11, expressing sympathy and friendship. ACC: 96.4.2 (44.308)
1 p. 20 x 32 cm. Endorsed: Copy of the drawing of the gradual increase of the Little Mountain within the Crater of Mount Vesuvius the original sent in my letter to Ld. Morton Decr 29th 1767.