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- Creator:
- From the Collection: Lavington, Ralph Payne, baron, 1738-1807
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 138
- Container / Volume:
- Box 10, folder 247
- Image Count:
- 3
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington family papers (OSB MSS 138) > Series V: Other Business Papers > Appraisals > "A schedule & appraisement of the Negroes, stock, buildings, caines etc."
- Creator:
- Hall-Stevenson, John, 1718-1785
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1264
- Collection Title:
- John Hall-Stevenson letters and manuscripts
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Epitaph" Manuscript verses in Latin and English
- Creator:
- Lascelles, Robert
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1264
- Collection Title:
- John Hall-Stevenson letters and manuscripts
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 7
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Upon a Yorkshire Lady" in Latin + English
- Creator:
- Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- Osborn d20
- Image Count:
- 121
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript and print commonplace book. Collection of notes, engravings, and print cuttings concerning archery. Print items include announcements of meetings of the Robin Hood Society; playbills, reviews, and excerpts from stage adaptations of the legend of Robin Hood; announcements of equestrian archery shows and Robin Hood re-enactments. Also includes clippings of news items, short poems, an account of William Tell, an editorial on women archers and membership in the Toxopholitic Society, with a watercolor depicting a woman archer. Engravings of: the Liberty of Switzerland; the dress of royal archers (1795); men's fashion and archery costumes (in color, 1829).
- Description:
- Binding: Full calf, gilt borders and spine with blind-tooled flowers and gilt title: Archery Scrap Book., Bookplate: Joseph Haslewood., Inscription on front pastedown: J.W. Remington Wilson. Ent in Cat., Items dated in ink, from 1724-1829., Paper watermarks: 1799, 1813, 1818., and The book later belonged to John Matthew Gutch (1776-1861) who added to it; Gutch later used the book as the basis for an article in The Reliquary (XIX [1787-1789]: 157-160) where he wrote "Some of the following vestiges of English archery are contained in a commonplace book formerly belonging to Mr. Haslewood, collected by him as an appendix to a meditated edition of Robin Hood Ballads; others have been collected by the present writer" (The Reliquary XIX: 157); this description is copied on a tipped-in leaf in the volume. A few of the items mentioned by Gutch are no longer present in the volume.
- Subject (Name):
- Robin Hood Society (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Archers--Women, Archery--Great Britain--History, and Robin Hood (Legendary character)--Drama
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of archery: A thing of shreds and patches
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Lavington, Ralph Payne, baron, 1738-1807
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 138
- Container / Volume:
- Box 9, folder 237
- Image Count:
- 2
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington family papers (OSB MSS 138) > Series IV: Payne Family Personal Estate Papers > Ralph Payne, Baron Lavington (1739-1807) > List of slaves to be disposed of after Lord Lavington's death
- Creator:
- Hall-Stevenson, John, 1718-1785
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1264
- Collection Title:
- John Hall-Stevenson letters and manuscripts
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 6
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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 (Name):
- Lascelles, Robert
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, English--18th century and English literature--18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manuscript reply to Lascelles' "Upon a Yorkshire Lady" in Latin + English
- Creator:
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, cartographer
- Call Number:
- 217 1635
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Alternative Title:
- Mappa Aestivarvm insularum, alias Barmvdas dictarum
- Description:
- Below map, list of proprietors in 12 columns flanked by coats-of-arms., Borders are hand colored., and Not hand colored. With watermark. Sheet measures 46 x 55 cm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bermuda Islands--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Subject (Name):
- Albany Institute Stamp
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mappa Aestivarum insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum : ad ostia Mexicani aestuarij jacentium in latitudine graduum 32 minutorum 25 ab Anglia, Londino scilicet versus Libonotum 3300 miliaribus Anglicanis, et a Roanoack (qui locus est in Virginia) versus Eur
9.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c117
- Image Count:
- 5
- Abstract:
- Anonymous manuscript comparing the "Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and the "Zodaicus Vitae" of Marcellus Stellatus Palingenius (fl. 1528); probably written by the Rev. William Clarke (1696-1771). Two columns with citations from Pope's poem in English and from Palingenius' in Latin.
- Description:
- 5 leaves. Versos blank, not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and This manuscript may have been the original from which the material was printed in The Publisher (no. 2, 1745, pp. 45-60) where it has the title: Expressions, Similes, and Sentiments in Palingenius, Translated and Improv'd by Mr Pope, in his Essay on Man.
- Subject (Name):
- Palingenio Stellato, Marcello,--ca. 1500-ca. 1543, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Criticism and interpretation
- Subject (Topic):
- Philosophy, British--18th century, Philosophy, Comparative--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Renaissance, and Philosophy--Poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Parallel expressions & sentiments in Pope's essay on man & in Palingenii stell. Zodiaco vita, [ca. 1745]
10.
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Panin, Gennadiĭ Gennadievich
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 294
- Container / Volume:
- Box 9, folder 86
- Image Count:
- 3
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gennadiĭ Panin papers (GEN MSS 294) > Series III: Photographs > PHOTOGRAPHS OF OTHERS > Klenovskii, Dmitrii Iosifovich > Photograph