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032-002092717

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Add MS 40856

Title:

HONE PAPERS, supplementary to Add. MSS. 40108-40122, divided into two main sections, viz.:-

A. Correspondence and papers of William Hone, bookseller (d. 1842), 1813-1840, including a draft scheme (ff. 1-3 b) for the reform of Lunatic Asylums in a letter to E[dward] Wakefield, Dec. 1813, and the draft of a sermon (ff. 53-61 b). Many of the letters are from contributors to Hone's publications and a few are from Hone himself. Followed (ff. 62, 63) by an estimate of the sales of Hone's Every Day Book and Table Book up to 1838 or 1839. Extracts from some of the letters appear in F. W. Haekwood, William Hone: His Life and Times, 1912. At ff. 7, 7 b are pencil drawings of Hone and his wife by George Cruikshank. ff. 1-63. B. Miscellaneous letters, chiefly of literary or historic interest, 1675- 1879, collected by Hone or members of his family, including:-

1. [Roger Boyle, Lord] Broghill [2nd Earl of Orrery 1679] to William Penn, asking for credit; [circ. Apr. 1675]. Broghill was desirous of the command of Lord Ros-common's troop in Ireland, which was transferred to him, 7 Apr. 1675 (cf. Stowe MS. 207, ff. 291, 295). f. 64.

2. Tho[mas Barlow, Bishop of] Lincoln, to Sir Thomas Meres, M.P., relative to the proposal to take down the north aisle of [Kirby Bellars] church; Buckden, 7 Apr. 1680. f. 66.

3. W[illiam] Phillips, commanding the corps of Royal British Artillery in Germany, to [George Montagu Dunk, 2nd] Earl of Halifax, Secretary of State, rebutting charges of extortionate foraging; Bremen, 17 Mar. 1763. Signed. f. 69.

4. William Robertson, historian, Principal of Edinburgh University, to:-(a) William Strahan, King's Printer, London, authorizing him to take delivery of a copy of the Journals of Parliament presented by the King to the University; Edinburgh, 22 Feb. 1772. f. 75;-

b) Andrew Strahan, King's Printer, London, forwarding corrections for his History of Charles V and referring to other literary matters; Lennel House, 11 Sept. 1791. With notes of Strahan's reply. f. 80.

5. [Henry De Burgh, 12th Earl of] Clanricarde to, desiring his investment with the newly-instituted Order of St. Patrick to take place in England; 15 Feb. 1783. f. 78.

6. W[illiam] Coxe, historian, to Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Bart., with reference to French finances; Bemerton, 26 Feb. 1793. f. 82.

7. Pasquale de' Paoli, Corsican general, to [James Boswell, the younger], on the recent suicide of a Corsican impostor; 200 Oxford St., 8 Feb. 1797. Engl. f. 87.

8. Joanna Baillie to John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, thanking him for copies of his setting of her verses; Hampstead, 15 July [1815]. f. 90.

9. Ja[me]s Marshal to [William Hazlitt], reporting a conversation with Godwin on the subject of Mary Wollstonecraft and Stoddart, Hazlitt's brother-in-law (afterw. Sir John Stoddart, Chief-Justice in Malta); 21 July 1821. f. 96.

10. W[illiam] L[isle] Bowles, Vicar of Bremhill, poet, to John Nichols, printer and antiquary, with various instructions relating to his Parochial History of Bremhill and other literary matters; Bremhill, 21 Nov. 1828. f. 101.

11. W[illia]m Hamper, antiquary, of Birmingham, to [Thomas] Sharp, antiquary, on antiquarian matters; Highgate near Birmingham, 12 July 1829. f. 103.

12. H[artley]ColeridgetoThomas Hood, recalling his contributions to The Gem, of which Hood was editor, and commending certain of Hood's poems; Grasmere, 20 Jan. 1831. f. 104.

13. Rammohun Roy, Indian reformer, to [Henry Petty-Fitz- Maurice,3rd] Marquess of Lansdowne,President of the Council, acknowledging an invitation to attend a Privy Council meeting on Suttee; 48 Bedford Square, 20 June 1832. f. 106.

14. W[illiam] H[amilton] Maxwell, Irish novelist, to N[ed ?] Moran [i.e. Edward Raleigh], 2nd Editor of The Globe, referring to the delay in publishing his novel, My Life; [16 Apr. 1835: postmark]. f. 107.

15. Walter Wilson, nonconformist biographer, to Josiah Conder, giving his opinion of a proposed " Plan of a General Union for the Promotion of Religious Liberty Bath, 29 Oct. 1838. f. 110.

16. Lord W[illiam] H[ervey], 3rd son of Frederick William, 1st Marquess of Bristol, to his sister Sophia [Elizabeth Caroline], wife of W. H. Windham of Felbrigge, with some account of the Carlists; Madrid, 19 Oct. 1837. f. 114.

17. A[rchibald] Alison, historian, 1st Bart. 1852, to thanking him for a copy of his work on Luther and making suggestions for the review of his Poems; 7 Mar. 1842. f. 118.

18. Maria Edgeworth, novelist, to Miss - Garland, thanking her for a copy of her sister Emma Garland's translation of Ovid's Epistles (published 1842); Edgeworths Town, 27 Dec. 1848. f. 120.

19. Sir George T[homas] Smart, musician, to Henry [Charles] Lunn, correcting a statement about the first performance in England of Mendelssohn's oratorio "St. Paul"; 12 Bedford Square, 3 Feb. 1864. f. 123.

Paper; ff. 125. Folio.

Scope & Content:

William Hone, bookseller; d: Collections and correspondence: 19th cent.

includes:

ff. 1-3 b Lunatic Asylums: Plan for reform of, by W. Hone: 1813.: Draft.
ff. 4, 6 Charles Phillips, Commissioner of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, 1842: Letters to W. Hone: 1818.
ff. 7, 7 b George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Drawings of W. and Mrs. Hone: 1818.
ff. 7, 7 b ART. ILLUMINATIONS AND DRAWINGS PORTRAITS: W. Hone and Mrs. Hone, drawn by G. Cruikshank: 1818.
ff. 7, 7 b William Hone, bookseller; d: Drawings of him and his wife, by G. Cruikshank: 1818.
f. 8 Andrew Wilson, printer, of Camden Town: Letter to W. Hone: [circ. 1818?].
f. 10 Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet; Baron Broughton: Letters to W. Hone: [1819?], 1821.
f. 13 Edward Foss, Biographer: Letter to W. Hone: 1825.
f. 15 Reverend Francis Wrangham, FRS: Letters to W. Hone: 1825, 1827.
f. 17 Charles Wentworth Dilke, d 1864 antiquary: Letter to W. Hone: 1825.
ff. 19, 21, 25 John Childs, printer, of Bungay: Correspondence with W. Hone: 1819-1840.
f. 23 William Howitt, author: Letters to Hone: 1826, 1827.
f. 27 Francis Douce, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to W. Hone: 1821-1827, n.d.
f. 29 John Gibson, of Whitehaven: Letter to W. Hone: 1827.
ff. 31, 125 John Payne Collier, Shakespearian critic: Letters to W. Hone and his son: 1827, 1879.
f. 32 George Dyer: Letter to W. Hone: 1827.
f. 34 Charles Hooton, author: Letter to W. Hone: [circ. 1827].
f. 35 Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, antiquary: Correspondence with W. Hone: 1830.
f. 37 Robert Southey, poet: Letters to W. Hone: 1830.
f. 39 Robert Southey, poet: Drawing of: n.d.
f. 39 ART. ILLUMINATIONS AND DRAWINGS PORTRAITS: Drawing of R. Southey, d. 1843;: n.d.
f. 40 William Barclay David Donald Turnbull, Secretary, Society of Antiquaries, Scotland: Letter to W. Hone: 1831.
f. 42 Norrisson Cavendish Scatcherd, antiquary: Letters to W. Hone: 1827-1832.
ff. 44-48 Thomas Tegg, bookseller: Correspondence with W. Hone: 1830-1832.
f. 50 Alice Hone: Letter to, from her father W. Hone: 1840.
f. 53 Sermons: Sermon by W. Hone: n.d.: Draft.
f. 64 William Penn, Quaker: Letter to, from Lord Broghill: [1675].
f. 64 Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill; 2nd Earl of Orrery (1679): Letter to W. Penn: 1675.
f. 66 Sir Thomas Meres, MP: Letter to, from the Bp. of Lincoln: 1680.
f. 66 Thomas Barlow, of Queen's Coll., Oxon; Bodley's Librarian, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln: Letter to Sir T. Meres: 1680.
f. 66 Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire: Letter from the Bp. of Lincoln to Sir T. Meres rel. to the parish church: 1680.
f. 69 Army; England: Letter rel. to charges against the Royal British Artillery Corps in Germany: 1763.: Copy.
f. 69 George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax; formerly Montagu: Letter to, from W. Phillips: 1763.
f. 69 Colonel William PhIIlips, of the British Artillery in Germany; Major -General 1777: Letter to Lord Halifax: 1763.: Signed.
f. 73 General John Mostyn: Letter to Lord Granby: 1766.
f. 73 John Manners, Marquess of Granby: Letter to, from J. Mostyn: 1766.
f. 75 William Strahan, MP; printer and publisher: Letter to, from W. Robertson: 1772.
f. 75 Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh: Letter from the Principal rel. to copy of Journals of Parliament presented by the King: 1772.
f. 75 William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University: Letter to W. Strahan: 1772.
f. 77 ART. ILLUMINATIONS AND DRAWINGS PORTRAITS: ART William Robertson, D.D.: 1827.: Engr.
f. 77 William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University: Portrait: 1827.: Engr.
f. 78 Henry De Burgh, 12th Earl of Clanricarde: Letter to -, rel. to investment with the Order of St. Patrick: 1783.
f.78 Orders Military. St. Patrick: Letter of Lord Clanricarde rel. to his investiture: 1783.
f. 80 Andrew Strahan, printer of the ' London Gazette.': Letter to, from W. Robertson, with notes of reply: 1791.
f. 80 William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University: Letter to A. Strahan: 1791.
f. 82 Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet: Letter to, from W. Coxe: 1793.
f. 82 William Coxe, Archdeacon of Wiltshire; historian: Letter to Sir G. Colebrooke: 1793.
f. 85 George Shaw, FRS; naturalist: Letter to J. Parkinson: 1794.
f. 85 John Parkinson, of the Leverian Museum: Letter to, from G. Shaw: 1794.
f. 87 General Pasquale Paoli, President of Corsica: Letter to J. Boswell, junior: 1797.
f. 87 James Boswell, the younger; lawyer: Letter to, from Gen. Paoli: 1797.
f. 88 Thomas Lewis O'Beirne, Bishop of Meath: Letter to J. Stockdale: 1808.
f. 88 John Joseph Stockdale, publisher: Letter to, from the Bp. of Meath: 1808.
f. 90 Joanna Baillie, dramatist: Letter to J. C. Whitfeld: 1815.
f. 92 Robert Walthman, MP: Letter to, from T. Phillipps: 1818.
f. 92 Thomas PhiIIipps, father of Sir Thomas Phillipps: Letter. to R. Waithman: 1818.
f. 93 William Hamilton Maxwell, writer: Letter to E. R. Moran: 1835.
f. 94 Robert Bloomfield, poet: Letter to Messrs. Baldwin and Co.: 1819.
f. 96 William Hazlitt: Letter to, from J. Marshal: 1821.
f. 96 James Marshal: Letter to W. Hazlitt: 1821.
f. 97 Samuel Webbe, the younger; composer: Letter to - Hedgley: 1825.
f. 99 James Basire, the third, engraver: Letter to Rev. J. B. Blakeway: 1825.
f. 100 Bernard Barton, poet: Letter to A. A. Watts: 1827.
f. 100 Alaric Alexander Watts, poet and journalist: Letter to, from B. Barton: 1827.
f. 103 Thomas Sharp, antiquary, of Coventry: Letter to, from W. Hamper: 1829.
f. 103 William Hamper, FSA: Letter to T. Sharp: 1829.
f. 104 Hartley Coleridge, author; eldest son of S T Coleridge: Letter to T. Hood: 1831.
f. 104 Thomas Hood, poet: Letter to, from H. Coleridge: 1831.
f. 106 India: Letter rel. to Privy Council meeting on Suttee: 1832.
f. 106 Rammohun Roy, Indian reformer: Letter to Lord Lansdowne: 1832.
f. 110 Josiah Conder, bookseller: Letter to, from W. Wilson: 1838.
f. 110 Walter Wilson, nonconformist biographer: Letter to J. Conder: 1838.
f. 114 Lord William Hervey, son of Frederick William, 1st Marquess of Bristol: Letter to his sister Sophia: 1839.
f. 118 Archibald Allson, 1st Baronet; historian: Letter to ---: 1842.
f. 120 Maria Edgeworth, novelist: Letter to Miss Garland: 1848.
f. 123 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letter to H. C. Lunn: 1864.
f. 123 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Letter from Sir G. T. Smart rel. to first English performance of " St. Paul": 1864.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Latin

Start Date:

1675

End Date:

1879

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1675-1879

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Names:

Allson, Archibald, 1st Baronet, historian
Army of England
Baillie, Joanna, poet and playwright, 1762-1851,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083848365
Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, 1608-1691
Barton, Bernard, poet, 1784-1849
Basire, James, the third; engraver, 1796-1869
Bloomfield, Robert, poet, 1766-1823
Boswell, James, the younger, lawyer
Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill, 2nd Earl of Orrery (1679)
Burgh, Henry, 12th Earl of Clanricarde, politician, 1742-1797
Childs, John, printer of Bungay
Colebrooke, George, 2nd Baronet, banker, chairman of the East India Company, 1729-1809
Coleridge, Hartley, author, eldest son of S T Coleridge, 1796-1849
Collier, John Payne, literary editor and forger, 1789-1883,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121319932
Conder, Josiah, bookseller
Coxe, William, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, historian
Cruikshank, George, artist and caricaturist
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, newspaper editor and writer, 1789-1864
Douce, Francis, curator and collector, 1757-1834
Dunk, George, 2nd Earl of Halifax, né Montagu, politician and statesman, 1716-1771
Dyer, George, correspondent of William Hone, fl 1827
Edgeworth, Maria, novelist, 1768-1849
Foss, Edward, Biographer
Gibson, John, of Whitehaven, correspondent of William Hone, fl 1827
Hamper, William, FSA
Hazlitt, William, of Add MS 40856
Hervey, William, son of Frederick William, 1st Marquess of Bristol
Hobhouse, John Cam, 2nd Baronet, Baron Broughton, 1786-1869
Hone, Alice, of Add MS 40856
Hone, William, bookseller; d
Hood, Thomas, poet, 1799-1845
Hooton, Charles, author
Howitt, William, author
Johnson, John, Army Officer, fl 1781-1846
Manners, John, Marquess of Granby, army commander, 1721-1770
Marshal, James
Maxwell, William Hamilton, writer
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix, composer, 1809-1847,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121181195
Meres, Thomas, MP; of Add MS 40856
Mostyn, John, General; of Add MS 40856
O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis, Bishop of Meath
Paoli, Pasquale, General; President of Corsica
Parkinson, John, of the Leverian Museum
Penn, William, Quaker
PhIIlips, William, Colonel; of the British Artillery in Germany; Major -General 1777
PhiIIipps, Thomas, father of Sir Thomas Phillipps
Phillips, Charles, Commissioner of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, 1842
Rammohun Roy, Indian reformer
Robertson, William, Principal of Edinburgh University
Scatcherd, Norrisson Cavendish, antiquary
Sharp, Thomas, antiquary of Coventry, 1770-1841
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary
Shaw, George, FRS; naturalist
Smart, George Thomas, Knight, conductor, organist and composer, 1776-1867
Southey, Robert, poet, 1774-1843
Stockdale, John Joseph, publisher
Strahan, Andrew, MP and printer, 1749-1831
Strahan, William, MP, printer and publisher
Tegg, Thomas, bookseller
Turnbull, William Barclay David Donald, Secretary, Society of Antiquaries, Scotland
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1583-
Walthman, Robert, MP
Watts, Alaric Alexander, poet and journalist
Webbe, Samuel, the younger, composer
Wilson, Andrew, printer, of Camden Town
Wilson, Walter, nonconformist biographer
Wrangham, Francis, Reverend; FRS

Places:

India, Asia
Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire