Attributed to Richard Mather by Holmes., BEIN Pequot Z96: Imperfect: side-notes bled. 19 cm. Autograph at head of title page: Edw. Rawson. Scant manuscript annotations in text. Manuscript note on page 102: Walker's book. Number 6 of 6 titles bound together in brown, blind tooled leather binding with manuscript call number label on spine., Signatures: A-F⁴ ²A-N⁴ (N4 blank)., The apologetical preface was written by Increase Mather, and the answer to it by Jonathan Mitchel., and Error in paging: page 39 misnumbered 25.
Publisher:
Printed by S. Green and M. Johnson for Hezekiah Vsher of Boston
Subject (Name):
Davenport, John, 1597-1670. and Boston Synod
Subject (Topic):
Baptism, Church controversies, Church polity, and Covenants (Church polity)
BEIN Pequot T34: Imperfect: title-border repaired., BEIN Pequot Z96: Imperfect: some head-lines bled; title-page and following leaf scorched, but without loss of text. Number 2 of 6 titles bound together in brown, blind tooled leather binding with manuscript call number label on spine., and Signatures: A-D⁴.
Publisher:
Printed by John Foster
Subject (Topic):
Fast-day sermons, Congregational churches, Sermons, American, and Sermons pour les jours de jeûne
Caption title., The poem is signed "Quod J.C." [J.C., i.e. James Catnach?]., A broadside in two columns announcing the death of Queen Caroline, followed by a poem "A lament for Caroline, the rose of England", the whole text surrounded by a black border., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth Court
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
BEIN Ik G252 727f Copy 1: No. 1 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables., BEIN Ik G252 727f 1 Copy 2: Bound to match Ik G252 727f 2. Bookplate: Moreau Delano. Autograph: Margt. Lesjat [?]., Engraved vignette on title-page and at head of each fable., Engraved portrait of Gay inserted as frontispiece., Signatures: [A]⁴ B-N⁸ O⁴., and Final p. blank.
LWL 55 G25 738: Bookplates: Charles Languet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, 1874 (pictorial); Philip Hofer., LWL 55 G25 738: Gift of Mr Hofer [to Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, 9 July 1964], with the 4th ed. of volume I., BEIN Ik G252 727f Copy 1: No. 2 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables., In verse., All published?, The illustrations are by G. Scotin, after H. Gravelot., and Signatures: pi² a² B-K⁸ L⁴ M².
Account book dates from the early years of Davenport's legal career. Among his clients were Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), then a distinguished minister and schoolmaster in Fairfield, later president of Yale, and Joel Barlow (1754-1817), the notable poet, diplomat, and politician, then living in Hartford. Other clients belonged to such prominent Connecticut families as the Beaches, Merritts, Seymours, and Whitneys. Perhaps the most intriguing client (?) was "Tom [,] Negro of A.W. [or A.T.] Watson," who engaged Davenport's services in 1791 and paid the balance in his labor. (Slavery was abolished in Connecticut in 1848.) It is also possible that he was loaned to Davenport to pay a debt. However, Tom is listed in the index, which is a list of clients.
Alternative Title:
John Davenport, Jr., account book and John Davenport account book
Description:
Title from spine of slipcase., Manuscript on paper., Holograph entries, in single hand, written in black ink; signed., Leaves mostly numbered in ink on upper right recto., Place of production (Stamford, Connecticut) inferred from Davenport's residence; date of manufacture inferred from inscribed entries: "The book begun in the year 1787, John Davenport Jun" inscribed to front free endpaper. The last entry in the account book is dated 1797., Printed lined account book with ready-made tabbed index (in black and red) at the beginning of the manuscript, including the names of clients., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1780300, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2023. MssA D275 1787, In English., Description based on print version record. , and Born into a prominent Stamford family, Davenport, a Yale graduate, was admitted to the bar around 1775. After serving in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, where he attained the rank of major, he returned to Stamford, where he spent the rest of his life. In addition to his legal career, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1776-1796 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799-1817.
Publisher:
John Davenport
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Stamford, Stamford., and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Davenport, John, 1752-1830, Tom (of Watson), Beach Family., Merritt Family., Seymour Family., and Whitney Family.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, Finance, Personal, Budgets, Personal, Lawyers, African Americans, and Manuscripts, American