Leaf from a scrapbook

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2020949

Description

Title: Leaf from a scrapbook
Creator: Unidentified
Published / Created: [ca. 1785-90?]
Description: Affixed to leaf are: "Resolutions formed to promote Regalanty at Thames Castle during the Meeting for Acting Cymbeline," Thames Castle, 1785 Nov 20, autograph manuscript, written in an unidentified hand, 3 p., listing humorous regulations; and, affixed to verso, clippings from English newspapers relating to Gustavus Katterfelto (d. 1799). Clippings are announcements and reports of his exhibitions and lectures in London, some mentioning his association with the Comte de Grasse, who intended to draw Katterfelto to the attention of Benjamin Franklin in Paris.
Provenance: Ongoing collection of documents acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Source information is recorded on each folder. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Digitization Note: Holograph letter affixed to verso, various clipping affixed to recto.
Language: English
French
German
Italian

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS MISC

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Container / Volume

GROUP 577, folder F-21

Access: Public
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Citation: [Author], [Item Title]. General Collection Manuscript Miscellany. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.