Invoices from the Lemon-Tree Tavern and Hotel

Posted on March 22, 2016 by km55

Three printed bills with manuscript completions, issued by the Aberdeen inn, the Lemon Tree and later the Lemon Tree Tavern and Hotel, and dated 1802, 1806, and 1811. The billhead includes a woodcut of a lemon tree and identifies the proprietor as George Ronald. The three bills display typographic differences in the setting of the headings as well as variation in the extensive list of drinks, foodstuffs, and services on offer, and the printer’s devices used to create the columns for prices in pounds, shillings, and pence vary. A note on the 1802 bill records the details of a game of whist including the names of the participants. The 1806 invoice also includes a note about the guests and their travel details.

Title: Invoices from the Lemon-Tree Tavern and Hotel : Aberdeen, to various, 1802 June 11, 1806 April 2, and 1811 April 19.

Catalog Record

LWL Mss File 132

Acquired July 2015

Hopton Estate archive

Posted on March 1, 2016 by km55

Four detailed manuscript volumes relating to the estates, tenants, farming and household expenditure for Icomb Estate and the Hopton family. The first volume covers the years 1753-1788 (ca. [60 including blanks], 154 pages) and begins with a list of the tenants of Icomb Estate, a small parish near Stow on the Wold in Gloucester and records the farming and household expenditures and receipts, including wages for labor, materials for building works, Ledbury Turnpike, and other routine estate management expenses. The second volume (80 pages, some blank) includes the details of investment and tithe accounts for the period 1769-1786 including shares in the Corn Market (Mark Lane, London) as well as other investments and loans between family members. No. 3 Titled “An inventory of furniture & plate in the new house at Cannon Frome with the prices, where bought & in what year bought. June 1795” ([2],134 p.). The fourth volume (ca. 85 p. with loose pages laid in) is a detailed record of the Anne Hopton‘s personal expenses from 1802-1815 and documents the tastes and life style of an educated, wealthy woman in Regency England.

Title: Hopton Estate archive : Cannon Frome Court near Ledbury & Icomb, Gloucester, 1753-1815.

Catalog Record

LWL Mss Vol. 216

Acquired July 2015

The Morning chronicle and London advertiser

Posted on February 15, 2016 by km55

lwlacq000174 (893x1280)

Friday June 8, 1798

Title: The Morning chronicle and London advertiser.
Published: London : W. Woodfall,

Catalog Record

File 61 M866++

Acquire July 2015

Invoice with receipt, from John Greeves

Posted on February 8, 2016 by km55

Manuscript invoice on engraved billhead, recording in considerable detail the fitting out of a town house in Kings Lynn in Norfolk in 1807 by John Greeves for George Edwards Esq. The invoice totals £88 6 s. 1 1/2 d. and includes information about the furniture purchased and details about the curtains, upholstery, and carpeting. Receipt signed and dated 30 April 1807.

Title: Invoice with receipt, from John Greeves : Kings Lynn, 1807 April 30-1807 May.

Catalog Record

LWL Mss File 130

Acquired July 2015

A full and true account of the surprising trial…

Posted on January 22, 2016 by km55

The woodcut shows a man under the guillotine with the executioner’s hand on the rope ready to release the blade.

Title: A full and true account of the surprising trial and condemnation of his most Christian Majesty Louis XVI …
Publication: Norwich [England : Printed and sold by S. White, 1793]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

File 82 793F+

Acquired July 2015

A treaty of commerce

Posted on January 12, 2016 by km55

A street scene with a row of buildings in the background, a man who is having his boots polished by a boy crouched before his bench turns to an elegantly dressed lady. He hold his hat and cane in his rights hand and offers a coin to the woman.

Title: A treaty of commerce [graphic].
Publication:[London: Published 1st Novr. 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London, 1 November 1797]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

797.11.01.01

Acquired July 2015

A copy of verses humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor

Posted on December 21, 2015 by km55

Probably a Christmas poem.
With a woodcut showing a watchman with his dog with buildings including a church behind

Author: Bouch, Thomas.
Title: A copy of verses humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the aldermen, and common-council-men, and the rest of my worthy masters and mistresses dwelling in King’s-Lynn / by Thomas Bouch, watchman, 1752.
Publication: [King’s Lynn, England? : Publisher not identified, 1752]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

File 763 752 B752++

Acquired July 2015

Come come my good shepherds

Posted on December 14, 2015 by km55

The song which Arne contributed to Garrick’s Shakespeare adaptation ‘Florizel and Perdita, or, The winter’s tale’, the other music being by Boyce; arr. on two staves for low voice and harpsichord; with a version for the flute or guitar.

Creator: Arne, Michael, 1741?-1786.
Uniform Title: [Winter’s tale. Come, come my good shepherds]
Title: Come come my good shepherds / set by Mr Michl. Arne ; the words by Mr. Garrick.
Published: [London : Publisher not identified, 1756?]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

File 768 G19 756W+

Acquired July 2015

John Wilkes Esqr

Posted on December 8, 2015 by km55

A watercolor after the popular satirical print of the same title by William Hogarth, first published 16 May 1763.

Title: John Wilkes Esqr [art original].
Production: [England, ca. 1770?]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

Drawings Un58 no. 86 Box 165

Acquired July 2015

William and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England

Posted on December 1, 2015 by km55

A broadside with an account of the great fire of 5 September 1694 that destroyed much of the city of Warwick and an appeal to officials and the public to come to the aid of the victims.

Author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
Title: William and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England … to all and singular arch-bishops, bishops, arch-deacons … and their officials, parsons … also to all justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs … and also to all officers of cities, boroughs, and towns … greeting: Whereas the sad and deplorable condition of many of our good subjects of our ancient borough of Warwick, hath been presented to us …
Publication: In the Savoy [i.e. London] : Printed by Edward Jones for William Fall dwelling in Weld-Street, 1694.

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

File 64 W26 694++

Acquired July 2015

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Invoices from the Lemon-Tree Tavern and Hotel

Hopton Estate archive

The Morning chronicle and London advertiser

Invoice with receipt, from John Greeves

A full and true account of the surprising trial…

A treaty of commerce

A copy of verses humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor

Come come my good shepherds

John Wilkes Esqr

William and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England

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