Extracts from various publications and particular papers / [ca. 1785]-1800, transcrib’d by R. Bailye
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Description
- Title
- Extracts from various publications and particular papers / [ca. 1785]-1800, transcrib’d by R. Bailye
- Creator
- Bailye, Richard, 1718-1800
- Contributor
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Bailye, Richard, 1718-1800
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 --Quotations
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 --Quotations
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 --Quotations
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Friends and associates
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Will
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 --Quotations
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Quotations
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Quotations
Wallis, Albany
Wyatt, James, 1746-1813 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1785]-1800
- Abstract
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Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods of selecting books; and medical and household recipes. Bailye’s reading included Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burney’s History of Music, Gibbons’ Decline and Fall, and Boswell’s Life of Johnson, from which he extracted two pages of "Dr. Johnson’s Remarks and Observations." There are five pages of quotations from Rousseau’s Emile. A number of entries concern Lichfield antiquities and monuments, including descriptions of Lichfield Cathedral and information on the cost of James Wyatt’s repairs to the choir. Bailye also copied documents related to the administration of the estate of David Garrick, with which he was involved. Pages 98-100 contain "Mr. Wallis’s Acct. of the Effects of the late D. Garrick Esq. 1783," which includes statements of revenue from properties and investments as well as payments on legacies and annuities and is followed by a quotation from a 1785 letter by Wallis apologizing for the partial distributions. A more detailed account of Garrick’s Hendon property is found on page 114.
- Extent
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1 vol.
20 cm. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn c621
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Commonplace books
Historiography
Manuscripts
Sayings - Subject (Geographic)
- Lichfield (England) --Antiquities
- Subject (Name)
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Bailye, Richard, 1718-1800
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 --Quotations
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 --Quotations
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 --Quotations
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Friends and associates
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Will
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 --Quotations
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Quotations
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Quotations
Wallis, Albany
Wyatt, James, 1746-1813 - Subject (Topic)
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Books and reading --Great Britain
Distribution of decedents’ estates --Great Britain
Learning and scholarship --Great Britain
Recipes --Great Britain
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7678897
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998456