Collection:
Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection Collection Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection Collection
Image Details:
For a debt of £6 owing to Mr. Baggs, Jacob Tonson I being Behn's surety. Special_Instructions For a debt of £6 owing to Mr. Baggs, Jacob Tonson I being Behn's surety. Image Details
Source Title:
Promissory note from Aphra Behn to Zachary Baggs : autograph manuscript signed CD_Title Promissory note from Aphra Behn to Zachary Baggs : autograph manuscript signed Source Title
Source Created or Published:
1685 August 1 Imprint 1685 August 1 Source Created or Published
Physical Description:
1r Page_Numbers 1r Physical Description
Source Call Number:
C.c.1 (4) Call_Number C.c.1 (4) Source Call Number
Digital Image File Name:
52494 ROOTFILE 52494 Digital Image File Name
Digital Image Type:
FSL collection Image_Type FSL collection Digital Image Type
Hamnet Bib ID:
223207 Bibrecord001 223207 Hamnet Bib ID
Hamnet Holdings ID:
309250 Holdings001 309250 Hamnet Holdings ID
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
___ Hamnet_Record ___ HAMNET CATALOG RECORD
Creator (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736. BIB_Creator Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736. Creator (Hamnet)
Title (Hamnet):
Papers of Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1680-1737. BIB_Title Papers of Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1680-1737. Title (Hamnet)
Alt. Title (Hamnet):
Folger card catalog title: Collection of autograph letters and other papers written by Tonson, addressed to him, or connected with him, 1680-1737 BIB_Alt_Title Folger card catalog title: Collection of autograph letters and other papers written by Tonson, addressed to him, or connected with him, 1680-1737 Alt. Title (Hamnet)
Physical Description (Hamnet):
83 items. BIB_PhysicalDescript ion 83 items. Physical Description (Hamnet)
Notes (Hamnet):
In addition to letters, the collection contains copyright assignments, receipts, bills (including one for expenses associated with the funeral of Jacob Tonson), drafts of the elder Jacob Tonson's will, and poems. BIB_Object_Notes In addition to letters, the collection contains copyright assignments, receipts, bills (including one for expenses associated with the funeral of Jacob Tonson), drafts of the elder Jacob Tonson's will, and poems. Notes (Hamnet)
Notes (Hamnet):
Materials written by or to Jacob Tonson I or Jacob Tonson II, with a handful of bills addressed to Jacob Tonson III. Autograph manuscripts by prominent literary figures such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Richard Bentley, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and John Vanbrugh as well as letters from others, chiefly members of the Kit-Cat Club. The correspondence is representative of both Tonson's professional and personal activities: several letters concern gathering engravings and subscriptions for a fine edition of Caesar's Commentaries (ultimately published by Samuel Clarke), while others thank Tonson for his gifts of cider. Transcripts of 10 letters from Alexander Pope concern Lewis Theobald's Shakespeare. Correspondents: Joseph Addison, Roger de Coverley (pseud.?), Francis Atterbury, William Congreve, S. Compton, Thomas Creech, Henry Molins Davenant, John Dennis, John Dryden, Charles Fitzroy (Duke of Grafton), George Montagu (Earl of Halifax), Elizabeth Jekyll, Joseph Jekyll, Basil Kennett, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Henrietta Churchill (Duchess of Marlborough), Henry Pelham, Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle), Thomas Bowers, Richard Newton, Daniel Pulteney, Thomas Wentworth (Baron Raby, later Earl of Strafford), John Somers, Charles Seymour (Duke of Somerset), Abraham Stanyan, Charles Stanhope, George Stepney, Sir John Vanbrugh, George Wilson. BIB_Object_Notes Materials written by or to Jacob Tonson I or Jacob Tonson II, with a handful of bills addressed to Jacob Tonson III. Autograph manuscripts by prominent literary figures such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Richard Bentley, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and John Vanbrugh as well as letters from others, chiefly members of the Kit-Cat Club. The correspondence is representative of both Tonson's professional and personal activities: several letters concern gathering engravings and subscriptions for a fine edition of Caesar's Commentaries (ultimately published by Samuel Clarke), while others thank Tonson for his gifts of cider. Transcripts of 10 letters from Alexander Pope concern Lewis Theobald's Shakespeare. Correspondents: Joseph Addison, Roger de Coverley (pseud.?), Francis Atterbury, William Congreve, S. Compton, Thomas Creech, Henry Molins Davenant, John Dennis, John Dryden, Charles Fitzroy (Duke of Grafton), George Montagu (Earl of Halifax), Elizabeth Jekyll, Joseph Jekyll, Basil Kennett, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Henrietta Churchill (Duchess of Marlborough), Henry Pelham, Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle), Thomas Bowers, Richard Newton, Daniel Pulteney, Thomas Wentworth (Baron Raby, later Earl of Strafford), John Somers, Charles Seymour (Duke of Somerset), Abraham Stanyan, Charles Stanhope, George Stepney, Sir John Vanbrugh, George Wilson. Notes (Hamnet)
Notes (Hamnet):
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. BIB_Object_Notes Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. Notes (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Congreve, William, 1670-1729 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Copyright -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Copyright -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Davenant, Henry, b. 1679 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Davenant, Henry, b. 1679 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Letters -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Letters -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Letters -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Letters -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Manuscripts -- 17th century. BIB_Subject Manuscripts -- 17th century. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Manuscripts -- 18th century. BIB_Subject Manuscripts -- 18th century. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Newton, Richard, 1676-1753 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Newton, Richard, 1676-1753 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Poems -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Poems -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Poems -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Poems -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Receipts (financial records) -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Receipts (financial records) -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Receipts (financial records) -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Receipts (financial records) -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Stepney, George, 1663-1707 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Stepney, George, 1663-1707 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Wills -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Wills -- 17th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Wills -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Wills -- 18th century -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Subject (Hamnet):
Wilson, George, fl. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. BIB_Subject Wilson, George, fl. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts. Subject (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Baker family (Bayfordbury), former owner. BIB_Associated_Name Baker family (Bayfordbury), former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. BIB_Associated_Name Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742. BIB_Associated_Name Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Congreve, William, 1670-1729, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Davenant, Henry, b. 1679, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Davenant, Henry, b. 1679, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Dryden, John, 1631-1700, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Dryden, John, 1631-1700, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Kit-Cat Club (London, England) BIB_Associated_Name Kit-Cat Club (London, England) Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Newton, Richard, 1676-1753, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Newton, Richard, 1676-1753, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. BIB_Associated_Name Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Stepney, George, 1663-1707, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Stepney, George, 1663-1707, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767. BIB_Associated_Name Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735. BIB_Associated_Name Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Wilson, George, fl. 1735, correspondent. BIB_Associated_Name Wilson, George, fl. 1735, correspondent. Associated Name (Hamnet)
Provenance (Hamnet):
The collection passed, through the daughter of Jacob Tonson III (d. 1767), who married William Baker of Bayfordbury. When obtained by the Folger many pieces had been removed from the album in which the MSS were then mounted. Items 77-83 are photographs of 7 Dryden letters formerly in this album, but now in the collections of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. BIB_Provenance The collection passed, through the daughter of Jacob Tonson III (d. 1767), who married William Baker of Bayfordbury. When obtained by the Folger many pieces had been removed from the album in which the MSS were then mounted. Items 77-83 are photographs of 7 Dryden letters formerly in this album, but now in the collections of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. Provenance (Hamnet)
Call Number (Hamnet):
C.c.1 (1-83) MFHD_Repository_Numb er C.c.1 (1-83) Call Number (Hamnet)

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