Jeu d'esprit [manuscript], ca. 1733-1775.
Havard, Mr. (William), 1710-1778, correspondent.; Armstrong, John, 1709-1779, addressee.; Fitzhenry, Elizabeth, -1790, addressee.; Price, Charles, active 1733-1775, addressee.; Beard, Henrietta, 1716 or 1717-1753, addressee.; Beard, John, 1715 or 1716-1791, addressee.; Coates, Hosea, addressee.; Fogg, William, active 1733-1775, addressee.; Read, Ben, -1762, addressee.; Burke, John, active 1733-1775, addressee.; Ardagh, John, active 1733-1775.; Perry, Richard, former owner.; Ardagh family, former owner.
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Title
Jeu d'esprit [manuscript], ca. 1733-1775.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book, ca. 1733-1775
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Havard, Mr. (William), 1710-1778, correspondent.
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779, addressee.
Fitzhenry, Elizabeth, -1790, addressee.
Price, Charles, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Beard, Henrietta, 1716 or 1717-1753, addressee.
Beard, John, 1715 or 1716-1791, addressee.
Coates, Hosea, addressee.
Fogg, William, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Read, Ben, -1762, addressee.
Burke, John, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Ardagh, John, active 1733-1775.
Perry, Richard, former owner.
Ardagh family, former owner.
Armstrong, John, 1709-1779, addressee.
Fitzhenry, Elizabeth, -1790, addressee.
Price, Charles, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Beard, Henrietta, 1716 or 1717-1753, addressee.
Beard, John, 1715 or 1716-1791, addressee.
Coates, Hosea, addressee.
Fogg, William, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Read, Ben, -1762, addressee.
Burke, John, active 1733-1775, addressee.
Ardagh, John, active 1733-1775.
Perry, Richard, former owner.
Ardagh family, former owner.
Scope and content
Autograph manuscript. A collection of verse, including a few prologues and epilogues, some speeches and facetious letters, many written to fellow members of the Beef-Steak Society and referring to George Lambert, James Bencraft, John Rich, Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, [John] Broughton's pugilistic defeat, John Wilkes, and Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres; in one to John Beard, Havard denies having tried to damage Covent Garden's reputation (leaf 211v). Correspondents include John Armstrong, Lady Henrietta Beard, John Beard, John Burke, Hosey [Hosea Coates?], William Fogg, Mrs Gregory, C[harles?] P[ric?]e, and B[e]n Read. On the flyleaf is a dedicatory epistle to his "loving kinsman" dated from Islington, October? 26, 1775. On the blank versos of several of the leaves John Ardagh of Thurles [co. Tipperary?] has added more verse, ca. 1809-ca.1837.
Note
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Collation : 2 [112] 3-6, 16-111, 113-133, 133-213, 9-12, 15 f.
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Collation : 2 [112] 3-6, 16-111, 113-133, 133-213, 9-12, 15 f.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Binding information
Rebacked Folger 1952.
Provenance
Ardagh family - Richard Perry MS.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Poems.
Poetical miscellanies.
Prologues and epilogues
Letters (correspondence)
Poems.
Poetical miscellanies.
Prologues and epilogues
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
N.a.2
Folger accession
cs1726