Scope and Content From the Collection: Letters related to publishing and bookselling from the collection of legendary collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. The 34 items in this collection date from approximately 1749 to 1835, and contain letters from a wide variety of booksellers, printers, authors, readers, clergymen, foreign dignitaries and antiquaries. Many letters concern ordering books from printers and booksellers, while other letters concern payments due to authors and discussions of books. Some letters bear Phillipps'...

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1 letter from the Swedish Church in London, 21 July 1811; 1 letter from John Josiah Conybeare, 6 Oct. 1807;