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
105 - March 1765 to October 1767. Documents Relating to the Copyright of The Woman of Honor (1768)
Original Assignments of Manuscripts between Authors and Publishers, principally for Dramatic Works, from the year 1703 to 1810: collected by William Upcott,1 of the London Institution (1825). British Library, Add. MSS. 3872, p. 6
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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. 271 - 272Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024