The papers contain letters between Thomas Balguy and his father, John, concerning Thomas's education at St. John's College, Cambridge. There is one letter from Frances Maseres detailing his disagreements with church procedures, and several letters fro...
Description:
Thomas Balguy, son of John Balguy, received his B.A., M.A., and S.T.P. from St. John's College, Cambridge. Beginning in 1744, he was successively assistant tutor, then tutor, then master at St. John's; in 1758 he was tutor to the Duke of Northumberlan...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Balguy, John, 1686-1748., Balguy, Thomas, 1716-1795., Barnard, Thomas, 1685-1750., Butler, John, 1717-1802., Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792., Maseres, Francis, 1731-1824., and St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
Subject (Topic):
Students, Fathers and sons, Young men, Conduct of life, and Religion
BEIN 1976 Folio 80: A complete list of this material may be found on the Finding Aids Shelf in the Beinecke Library and in the first box of the collection. Visitations of Berkshire, 1840 (box 5, folder 18) removed and reclassed as 2020 Folio 7.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Registers of births, etc, Anti-Catholicism, Corn laws (Great Britain), Manuscripts, Collectors and collecting, Gentry, and Visitations, Heraldic
Manuscript and printed items, tipped into album in approximate chronological order. Includes letters to Eardley-Wilmot from Sir Brook Watson, 1st bart. (1735-1807), George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st marquis of Buckingham (1753-1813), John Moore, abp...
Description:
Chiefly in English and French; a few items in Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France., France, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eardley-Wilmot, John, 1750-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Anti-Catholicism, Anticlericalism, Clergy, Political activity, History, Foreign public opinion, British, Refugees, and Foreign relations
Manuscript on paper of a commonplace book. The work contains four sections. (1) "Loci animadvertendi in legendi epistolis, ad quos etia[m] om[n]ia quae annotaderis referenda sunt." This lists types of epistles under eight headings, or "libri," but the...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549., Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574., and Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison...
Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Theater, Verse satire, English, Economic conditions, Population, and Politics and government
Manuscript notebook in a single hand. All versos and some rectos are divided into two columns and filled with very brief diary entries recording household work, pastimes, meals, illnesses, visitors, weather and local events, and trips to neighboring t...
Description:
Miss Barton apparently lived in a town in Suffolk, England.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England, Great Britain, Suffolk (England), Women, and Social conditions
Subject (Name):
Barton, Miss.
Subject (Topic):
Cooking, English, English diaries, Women authors, Recipes, Single women, Ecomonic conditions, Social conditions, and Social life and customs
