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- 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
- Call Number:
- Ik P810 732d
- Collection Title:
- The first satire of the second book of Horace, imitated in a dialogue between Alexander Pope, of
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Latin and English on opposite pages.
- Description:
- Preceded by Pope's Of the use of riches. London, 1732. 24 p.
- Collection Created:
- London, Printed by L.G. and sold by A. Dodd near Temple-Bar; E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange; and by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1733
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The first satire of the second book of Horace. [p. 26-27]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-216
- Image Count:
- 159
- Abstract:
- Vellum bound volume containing three works: 1) El Rey: Muy reverendos en Cristo Padres Arzobispos de las Indias y Islas Filipinas de mi consejo. San Ildefonso [Spain], 27 Aug 1769, 32 p. 2) an account of the Universidad Literaria de Sevilla, 216 p.; and 3) Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, Extracto del diario, San Blas [Mexico], 30 Oct 1788, 114 p.
- Description:
- Purchased from F. Perez de Velasco by Hiram Bingham in October 1922. Given to the library by Hiram Bingham. and Some works also cataloged separately.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Latin America--Church history
- Subject (Name):
- Spain.--Sovereign (1759-1788 : Charles III) and Universidad de Sevilla
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tomo regio para el concilio provincial, 1769-1788.
- Creator:
- Hall-Stevenson, John, 1718-1785
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1264
- Collection Title:
- John Hall-Stevenson letters and manuscripts
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 5
- 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 > "In Tenui Labor" manuscript verses in Latin and Greek
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 804
- Collection Title:
- Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 6
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- From same MS as that in folder 5
- Collection Created:
- Various places,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Illuminated manuscript leaf]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 804
- Collection Title:
- Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 5
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- From same MS as that in folder 6
- Collection Created:
- Various places,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Illuminated manuscript leaf]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 804
- Collection Title:
- Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 7
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Collection Created:
- Various places,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Illuminated manuscript leaf]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 804
- Collection Title:
- Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 15
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Collection Created:
- Various places,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Manuscript fragment]