Detail View: LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection: Letter from George Stepney, Vienna, to Jacob Tonson I : autograph manuscript signed

Digital Image File Name: 
52596
Source Call Number: 
C.c.1 (46)
Source Title: 
Letter from George Stepney, Vienna, to Jacob Tonson I : autograph manuscript signed
Image Details: 
States that he is glad to hear that Tonson's Caesar "advances so nobly" and indicates that Prince Eugene will not only be a subscriber but "has given me his arms & Titles to be inserted under one of yr Cutts." Also hopes to send the Margraffe of Baden as subscriber. Prince Eugene desires Tonson's Horace. Sends "hearty affections to the Kit-Cat; I often wish it were my fortune to make one with you at 3 in [th]e morning."
Source Created or Published: 
1703 March 24
Physical Description: 
1r
Digital Image Type: 
FSL collection
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD: 
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Creator (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736.
Title (Hamnet): 
Papers of Jacob Tonson [manuscript], 1680-1737.
Physical Description (Hamnet): 
83 items.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Congreve, William, 1670-1729 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Stepney, George, 1663-1707 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736 -- Death and burial -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Wills -- 17th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Wills -- 18th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Wilson, George, fl. 1735 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Newton, Richard, 1676-1753 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Receipts (financial records) -- 17th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Copyright -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Davenant, Henry, b. 1679 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Letters -- 18th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Manuscripts -- 17th century.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Manuscripts -- 18th century.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Poems -- 17th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Poems -- 18th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Receipts (financial records) -- 18th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Letters -- 17th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Pulteney, Daniel, 1682?-1731, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Stanyan, Abraham, 1669?-1732, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Bowers, Thomas, 1659 or 60-1724, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Davenant, Henry, b. 1679, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Dryden, John, 1631-1700, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, 1683-1757, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Jekyll, Elizabeth, d. 1745, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Jekyll, Joseph, Sir, 1663-1738, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Kit-Cat Club (London, England)
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of, 1681-1733, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Newton, Richard, 1676-1753, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Stanhope, Charles, 1673-1760, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Stepney, George, 1663-1707, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672-1739, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Tonson, Jacob, d. 1735.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Wilson, George, fl. 1735, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Baker family (Bayfordbury), former owner.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, ca. 1684-1739, correspondent.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, correspondent.
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.
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.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
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.
Call Number (Hamnet): 
C.c.1 (1-83)