Book contents
- The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland
- The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Edition
- Chronology of Cleland’s Life and Works
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Correspondence
- 1 26 August 1730. Cleland’s Appointment as Attorney
- 2 5 February 1731. Representation on Behalf of Cleland
- 3 5, 10, and 17 February 1731. Cleland’s Appointment as Writer
- 4 9 February 1731. Confirmation of Cleland’s Appointment as Writer
- 5 12 September 1731. Letter from Bombay about Cleland’s Journey to Bengal
- 6 22 January 1732. Letter from Bombay on Cleland’s Return to Bombay
- 7 27 November 1734. Cleland’s Plea to the Mayor and Council
- 8 7 December 1734. Cleland to Henry Lowther
- 9 12 December 1734. Robert Cowan to the Mayor and Council
- 10 13 December 1734. Henry Lowther to the Mayor and Council
- 11 20 December 1734. Cleland to the Mayor and Council
- 12 21 December 1734. John Braddyll to the Mayor and Council
- 13 27 December 1734. Cleland to the Mayor and Council
- 14 30 December 1734. John Horne to the Mayor and Council
- 15 10 September 1735. William Boag’s Complaint against Cleland
- 16 1 November 1735. Cleland’s Appointment in the Portuguese Secretary’s Office
- 17 10 February 1736. Order for Cleland to Accompany John Braddyll to Surat
- 18 10 February 1736. William Cleland to the Court of Directors
- 19 18 February 1736. William Cleland’s Letter
- 20 18 February 1736. George Williamson to John Braddyll
- 21 20 February 1736. Extract of a Letter from John Braddyll to the Presidency
- 22 22 February 1736. Henry Lowther to John Braddyll, James Hope, Daniel Taudin, and John Cleland
- 23 29 February 1736. Extract of a Letter from John Horne to John Braddyll
- 24 2 March 1736. Extract of a Letter from William Henry Draper to the Court of Directors
- 25 11 March 1736. Extract from John Horne’s Response to William Draper
- 26 11 March 1736. Memorandum from William Billers. ‘Despatch of 11th March 1735/6’
- 27 24 April 1736. John Braddyll’s Summary of Cleland’s Dispute with Henry Lowther
- 28 February 1737. Cleland’s Appointment as Supervisor of Mahim Custom House
- 29 3 June 1737. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary for Portuguese Affairs
- 30 20 October 1738. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary of the Council
- 31 8 January 1739. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary of the Council Confirmed
- 32 January 1740. Cleland to Christopher Mole
- 33 28 June 1740. Cleland to John Neilson and Michael Weston
- 34 18 July 1740. Cleland to William Frederick Boscawen, Richard Wood, and Feilder Freeman
- 35 21 July 1740. Cleland to Feilder Freeman
- 36 5 September 1740. Cleland to the President and Council
- 37 [1740]. James Fraser to Cleland
- 38 26 August 1741. Cleland’s Report to the Directors of His Arrival in London
- 39 1 January 1742. Extract of a Letter from Alexander Pope to Hugh Bethel
- 40 February 1742. Memorandum from Cleland to King João V of Portugal
- 41 19 February 1742. Extract of a Letter from Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo to the Cardinal da Mota
- 42 23 February 1748. Cleland’s Commitment to the Fleet Prison for Debt
- 43 15 November 1748. Extract of a Letter from Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo to Marco António de Azevedo Coutinho
- 44 [4 February 1749]. Cleland’s Defamatory Note Fastened on the Door of Thomas Cannon’s Chambers in New Inn (Fig. 1)
- 45 5 February 1749. Thomas Cannon and Hannah Simpson v. John Cleland
- 46 [1749]. Cleland to Ralph Griffiths
- 47 8 November 1749. Warrant for the Detention of Cleland and Others following Publication of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 48 10 November 1749. Cleland to Andrew Stone ()
- 49 13 November 1749. Cleland to Lovel Stanhope
- 50 13 November 1749. Examination of Ralph Griffiths before Lovel Stanhope for Publishing Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 51 13 November 1749. Examination of Thomas Parker before Lovel Stanhope for Printing Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 52 24 November 1749. Letter from Lovel Stanhope to John Sharpe Enclosing Bonds Relating to Individuals Committed to Appear before the Court of King’s Bench
- 53 15 March 1750. Thomas Sherlock to the Duke of Newcastle
- 54 15 March 1750. Warrant for the Detention of Cleland and Others following Publication of Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 55 20 March 1750. Examination of Ralph Griffiths before Lovel Stanhope for Publishing Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 56 20 March 1750. Examination of William Owen before Lovel Stanhope for Selling Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 57 12 April 1750. Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Attorney General Urging Prosecution of Griffiths and Owen for Publishing and Selling Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 58 27 November 1750. Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Attorney General Urging Prosecution of Various Individuals
- 59 1 July 1751. Cleland to John Freke
- 60 [c. Early November] 1752. Lucy Cleland to Allan Auld
- 61 [c. Early November] 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 62 [c. 9 November] 1752. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 63 [c. Mid-November] 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 64 [c. Mid-November] 1752. Lucy Cleland to Allan Auld
- 65 23 November 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 66 [c. Late November] 1752. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 67 16 January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 68 [c. 20] January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 69 [c. 25] January 1753. Lucy Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 70 31 January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 71 [c. Early February] 1753. Edward Dickinson to Lucy Cleland
- 72 27 June [1753]. Extract of a Letter from Samuel Foote to Sir Francis Blake Delaval
- 73 31 July 1754. Cleland to David Garrick
- 74 1 December 1754. Claude-Pierre Patu to Cleland
- 75 18 October 1755. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 76 23 October 1755. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 77 7 February 1756. Extract of a Letter from André Roger to Claude-Pierre Patu
- 78 13 February 1756. Claude-Pierre Patu to David Garrick
- 79 May 1756. Cleland to Ralph Griffiths
- 80 18 November 1756. Cleland to [Edward Dickinson]
- 81 8 December 1756. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 82 9 December 1756. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 83 18 February 1757. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 84 26 February 1757. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 85 25 May 1757. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 86 25 May 1757. Receipt Signed by Cleland
- 87 10 September 1757. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 88 6 March 1758. Cleland to Lucy Cleland ()
- 89 6 March 1758. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 90 11 April 1758. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 91 12 June 1758. Cleland to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 92 8 July 1760. Cleland to Charles Everard
- 93 16 December 1760. Cleland to Sir Francis Blake Delaval ()
- 94 13 August 1761. Lucy Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 95 [September 1762]. Undated Letter from Frances Mayne to Thomas Pichon
- 96 [September 1762]. Undated Letter from Frances Mayne to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 97 21 September 1762. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 98 23 September 1762. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 99 [c. 1762–1763]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 100 [1763]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 101 16 May 1763. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 102 25 May 1763. Extract of a Letter from Thomas Pichon to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 103 7 August 1763. Extract of a Letter from Thomas Pichon to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 104 8 February 1765. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 105 March 1765 to October 1767. Documents Relating to the Copyright of The Woman of Honor (1768)
- 106 15 May 1765. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 107 6 August 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 108 2 September 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 109 8 October 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 110 14 December 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 111 [1767–1768]. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 112 [1768–1769]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 113 15 February 1769. Sylas Neville’s Diary Entry
- 114 [1769]. Cleland to David Garrick ()
- 115 18 January 1771. Cleland to Susanna Delaval
- 116 18 January 1771. Cleland’s Note ‘On the Gin-seng’
- 117 [1771–1783]. Cleland’s ‘Preservative Receipt’, or Medicinal Recipe, for the Delaval Family (Fig. 10)
- 118 [1772]. Cleland to Susanna Delaval
- 119 31 March 1772. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 120 22 May 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 121 24 May 1772. David Garrick to Cleland
- 122 [c. 25 May 1772]. Cleland to David Garrick
- 123 26 May 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 124 11 June 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 125 15 September [1775]. Sir John Hussey Delaval to Cleland
- 126 8 November 1775. Cleland to Edward Jerningham
- 127 30 August 1776. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 128 26 April 1778. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 129 20 May 1778. Cleland to James Boswell ()
- 130 3 December 1778. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 131 13 April 1779. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 132 27 May 1781. Cleland’s ‘Conference’ with Josiah Beckwith
- 133 1 October 1783. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 134 11 February 1786. Sir John Hussey Delaval to Cleland
- 135 February 1789. John Nichols’s Obituary of Cleland in the Gentleman’s Magazine
- 136 1 January 1793. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
92 - 8 July 1760. Cleland to Charles Everard
Bodleian Library, MS Ind. Misc d. 3. ALS. The letter is bound into a large quarto volume containing 178 portraits of Indian rajahs (Fig. 6; Fig. 7). Also included is a prefatory paragraph by Alexander Pope explaining the volume’s history and a four-page preface by James Fraser, in his hand. A transcription of Cleland’s letter, and of Pope’s and Fraser’s prefatory remarks, follows.
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland
- The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Edition
- Chronology of Cleland’s Life and Works
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Correspondence
- 1 26 August 1730. Cleland’s Appointment as Attorney
- 2 5 February 1731. Representation on Behalf of Cleland
- 3 5, 10, and 17 February 1731. Cleland’s Appointment as Writer
- 4 9 February 1731. Confirmation of Cleland’s Appointment as Writer
- 5 12 September 1731. Letter from Bombay about Cleland’s Journey to Bengal
- 6 22 January 1732. Letter from Bombay on Cleland’s Return to Bombay
- 7 27 November 1734. Cleland’s Plea to the Mayor and Council
- 8 7 December 1734. Cleland to Henry Lowther
- 9 12 December 1734. Robert Cowan to the Mayor and Council
- 10 13 December 1734. Henry Lowther to the Mayor and Council
- 11 20 December 1734. Cleland to the Mayor and Council
- 12 21 December 1734. John Braddyll to the Mayor and Council
- 13 27 December 1734. Cleland to the Mayor and Council
- 14 30 December 1734. John Horne to the Mayor and Council
- 15 10 September 1735. William Boag’s Complaint against Cleland
- 16 1 November 1735. Cleland’s Appointment in the Portuguese Secretary’s Office
- 17 10 February 1736. Order for Cleland to Accompany John Braddyll to Surat
- 18 10 February 1736. William Cleland to the Court of Directors
- 19 18 February 1736. William Cleland’s Letter
- 20 18 February 1736. George Williamson to John Braddyll
- 21 20 February 1736. Extract of a Letter from John Braddyll to the Presidency
- 22 22 February 1736. Henry Lowther to John Braddyll, James Hope, Daniel Taudin, and John Cleland
- 23 29 February 1736. Extract of a Letter from John Horne to John Braddyll
- 24 2 March 1736. Extract of a Letter from William Henry Draper to the Court of Directors
- 25 11 March 1736. Extract from John Horne’s Response to William Draper
- 26 11 March 1736. Memorandum from William Billers. ‘Despatch of 11th March 1735/6’
- 27 24 April 1736. John Braddyll’s Summary of Cleland’s Dispute with Henry Lowther
- 28 February 1737. Cleland’s Appointment as Supervisor of Mahim Custom House
- 29 3 June 1737. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary for Portuguese Affairs
- 30 20 October 1738. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary of the Council
- 31 8 January 1739. Cleland’s Appointment as Secretary of the Council Confirmed
- 32 January 1740. Cleland to Christopher Mole
- 33 28 June 1740. Cleland to John Neilson and Michael Weston
- 34 18 July 1740. Cleland to William Frederick Boscawen, Richard Wood, and Feilder Freeman
- 35 21 July 1740. Cleland to Feilder Freeman
- 36 5 September 1740. Cleland to the President and Council
- 37 [1740]. James Fraser to Cleland
- 38 26 August 1741. Cleland’s Report to the Directors of His Arrival in London
- 39 1 January 1742. Extract of a Letter from Alexander Pope to Hugh Bethel
- 40 February 1742. Memorandum from Cleland to King João V of Portugal
- 41 19 February 1742. Extract of a Letter from Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo to the Cardinal da Mota
- 42 23 February 1748. Cleland’s Commitment to the Fleet Prison for Debt
- 43 15 November 1748. Extract of a Letter from Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo to Marco António de Azevedo Coutinho
- 44 [4 February 1749]. Cleland’s Defamatory Note Fastened on the Door of Thomas Cannon’s Chambers in New Inn (Fig. 1)
- 45 5 February 1749. Thomas Cannon and Hannah Simpson v. John Cleland
- 46 [1749]. Cleland to Ralph Griffiths
- 47 8 November 1749. Warrant for the Detention of Cleland and Others following Publication of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 48 10 November 1749. Cleland to Andrew Stone ()
- 49 13 November 1749. Cleland to Lovel Stanhope
- 50 13 November 1749. Examination of Ralph Griffiths before Lovel Stanhope for Publishing Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 51 13 November 1749. Examination of Thomas Parker before Lovel Stanhope for Printing Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
- 52 24 November 1749. Letter from Lovel Stanhope to John Sharpe Enclosing Bonds Relating to Individuals Committed to Appear before the Court of King’s Bench
- 53 15 March 1750. Thomas Sherlock to the Duke of Newcastle
- 54 15 March 1750. Warrant for the Detention of Cleland and Others following Publication of Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 55 20 March 1750. Examination of Ralph Griffiths before Lovel Stanhope for Publishing Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 56 20 March 1750. Examination of William Owen before Lovel Stanhope for Selling Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 57 12 April 1750. Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Attorney General Urging Prosecution of Griffiths and Owen for Publishing and Selling Memoirs of Fanny Hill
- 58 27 November 1750. Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Attorney General Urging Prosecution of Various Individuals
- 59 1 July 1751. Cleland to John Freke
- 60 [c. Early November] 1752. Lucy Cleland to Allan Auld
- 61 [c. Early November] 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 62 [c. 9 November] 1752. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 63 [c. Mid-November] 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 64 [c. Mid-November] 1752. Lucy Cleland to Allan Auld
- 65 23 November 1752. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 66 [c. Late November] 1752. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 67 16 January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 68 [c. 20] January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 69 [c. 25] January 1753. Lucy Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 70 31 January 1753. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 71 [c. Early February] 1753. Edward Dickinson to Lucy Cleland
- 72 27 June [1753]. Extract of a Letter from Samuel Foote to Sir Francis Blake Delaval
- 73 31 July 1754. Cleland to David Garrick
- 74 1 December 1754. Claude-Pierre Patu to Cleland
- 75 18 October 1755. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 76 23 October 1755. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 77 7 February 1756. Extract of a Letter from André Roger to Claude-Pierre Patu
- 78 13 February 1756. Claude-Pierre Patu to David Garrick
- 79 May 1756. Cleland to Ralph Griffiths
- 80 18 November 1756. Cleland to [Edward Dickinson]
- 81 8 December 1756. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 82 9 December 1756. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 83 18 February 1757. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 84 26 February 1757. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 85 25 May 1757. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 86 25 May 1757. Receipt Signed by Cleland
- 87 10 September 1757. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 88 6 March 1758. Cleland to Lucy Cleland ()
- 89 6 March 1758. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 90 11 April 1758. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 91 12 June 1758. Cleland to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 92 8 July 1760. Cleland to Charles Everard
- 93 16 December 1760. Cleland to Sir Francis Blake Delaval ()
- 94 13 August 1761. Lucy Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 95 [September 1762]. Undated Letter from Frances Mayne to Thomas Pichon
- 96 [September 1762]. Undated Letter from Frances Mayne to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 97 21 September 1762. Cleland to Edward Dickinson
- 98 23 September 1762. Edward Dickinson to Cleland
- 99 [c. 1762–1763]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 100 [1763]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 101 16 May 1763. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 102 25 May 1763. Extract of a Letter from Thomas Pichon to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 103 7 August 1763. Extract of a Letter from Thomas Pichon to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- 104 8 February 1765. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 105 March 1765 to October 1767. Documents Relating to the Copyright of The Woman of Honor (1768)
- 106 15 May 1765. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 107 6 August 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 108 2 September 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 109 8 October 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 110 14 December 1766. Cleland to Thomas Pichon
- 111 [1767–1768]. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 112 [1768–1769]. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 113 15 February 1769. Sylas Neville’s Diary Entry
- 114 [1769]. Cleland to David Garrick ()
- 115 18 January 1771. Cleland to Susanna Delaval
- 116 18 January 1771. Cleland’s Note ‘On the Gin-seng’
- 117 [1771–1783]. Cleland’s ‘Preservative Receipt’, or Medicinal Recipe, for the Delaval Family (Fig. 10)
- 118 [1772]. Cleland to Susanna Delaval
- 119 31 March 1772. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 120 22 May 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 121 24 May 1772. David Garrick to Cleland
- 122 [c. 25 May 1772]. Cleland to David Garrick
- 123 26 May 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 124 11 June 1772. Cleland to David Garrick
- 125 15 September [1775]. Sir John Hussey Delaval to Cleland
- 126 8 November 1775. Cleland to Edward Jerningham
- 127 30 August 1776. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 128 26 April 1778. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 129 20 May 1778. Cleland to James Boswell ()
- 130 3 December 1778. Cleland to the Marquess of Rockingham
- 131 13 April 1779. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- 132 27 May 1781. Cleland’s ‘Conference’ with Josiah Beckwith
- 133 1 October 1783. Cleland to Sir John Hussey Delaval
- 134 11 February 1786. Sir John Hussey Delaval to Cleland
- 135 February 1789. John Nichols’s Obituary of Cleland in the Gentleman’s Magazine
- 136 1 January 1793. James Boswell’s Journal Entry
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland , pp. 242 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024