Correspondence, autograph manuscripts, and one printed broadside song documenting aspects of the social and creative life of the poet John Hall-Stevenson. Contents include manuscripts of verses by John Hall-Stevenson and Robert Lascelles; letters by members of his club and social circle, including a lengthy letter by Jean-Baptiste Tollot discussing Laurence Sterne's character and good nature (1762 April 4) and another describing events in Geneva immediately after the expulsion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1764 January 8); and related correspondence, including a letter of advice from Hall-Stevenson to his grandson John Wharton and several business letters received by Wharton. The printed broadside song, "Trout Hall," is extensively annotated in Hall-Stevenson's hand.
Description:
Formerly owned by William Durrant Cooper. Purchased from Paul Grinke on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1972., John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), was a poet, a country gentleman, and a close friend of Laurence Sterne, whom he met at Cambridge and who based the character of Eugenius in Tristram Shandy on him. Hall-Stevenson founded a club of "Demoniacks," which met at "Crazy Castle," his country seat, and was loosely modeled on Sir Francis Dashwood's Monks of Medmenham. His published works included Crazy Tales and Fables for Grown Gentlemen, both of which were reprinted several times during his lifetime. He died at home in March, 1785., and The collection also contains a photocopy of W. Durrant Cooper's "Seven Letters Written by Sterne and His Friends;" a copy of the bookseller's catalogue; and a handwritten finding aid for the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--18th century and English literature--18th century
Manuscript notes of lectures by Tapping Reeve and James Gould, at the Litchfield Law School, taken between 1817 and 1818, by Josiah Houghton. and Reeve's lectures.
Description:
One (of three) volumes of lecture notes from Litchfield Law School.
Publisher:
Josiah Houghton
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School -- Students.
Subject (Topic):
Law -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Litchfield. and Law students -- Connecticut -- Litchfield.
Manuscript notes of lecture by Tapping Reeve and James Gould, at the Litchfield Law School, taken between 1808 and 1809, by Ely Warner.
Description:
"A chronological chart of reporters of cases adjudged in the courts of law and equity in England"--volume 1, 4 preliminary leaves., Pages 459-542, volume 3, consist of reports of various courts from 1809-1814., Several blank leaves follow page 542 in volume 3, and are themselves followed by an index, unpaged., and Title page is in volume 3.
Manuscript notes of lecture by Tapping Reeve and James Gould, at the Litchfield Law School, taken between 1808 and 1809, by Ely Warner.
Description:
"A chronological chart of reporters of cases adjudged in the courts of law and equity in England"--volume 1, 4 preliminary leaves., Pages 459-542, volume 3, consist of reports of various courts from 1809-1814., Several blank leaves follow page 542 in volume 3, and are themselves followed by an index, unpaged., and Title page is in volume 3.
Manuscript notes of lecture by Tapping Reeve and James Gould, at the Litchfield Law School, taken between 1808 and 1809, by Ely Warner.
Description:
"A chronological chart of reporters of cases adjudged in the courts of law and equity in England"--volume 1, 4 preliminary leaves., Pages 459-542, volume 3, consist of reports of various courts from 1809-1814., Several blank leaves follow page 542 in volume 3, and are themselves followed by an index, unpaged., and Title page is in volume 3.
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
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