Documents relating to copyrights of Jacob Tonson and others

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f. 1r Receipt from Aaron Ward, on behalf of ‘the Castle-Conger’ (an association of booksellers), to Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson, Part 21 Apr. 1741
f. 1v Receipt from Daniel Browne to Jacob Tonson II Part 18 Aug. 1714
f. 4r (i) ‘Promissory note’ from Jacob Tonson I to John Philips, 24 Nov. 1707, endorsed with (ii) a receipt from Robert Philips to Jacob Tonson II, 9 Jan. 1709 Part 24 Nov. 1707
f. 8 (i) Articles of agreement between (A) Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson and (B) Samuel Dyer, 10 Mar. 1756, bearing (ii) six receipts from Dyer, 18 Mar. 1756–29 July 1758 Part 10 Mar. 1756–29 July 1758
f. 12 Agreement between (A) Richard Butler, MD, and (B) Jacob Tonson I Part 11 Mar. 1723
f. 16 Assignment from (A) Daniel Midwinter, Richard Ware, Charles Rivington, Aaron Ward, John Knapton, Paul Knapton, Thomas Longman, Richard Hett, Charles Hitch, Stephen Austen, John Wood, Charles Woodward, and John Pemberton to (B) Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson of a third share in the copyright of Isaac Barrow’s Works (3 vols.) Part 5 May 1741
f. 32 Account of Mr (William?) Bowyer with Robert Knaplock, Jacob Tonson I, and William Innys regarding the delivery of copies of ‘Newtons Myotomia’ [Sir Isaac Newton’s revision of Cowper’s Myotomia Reformata] Part 1723–5
f. 37 Assignment from (A) Temple Stanyan to (B) Jacob and Richard Tonson of the copyrights of books by Stanyan Part 17 Apr. 1739
f. 39 Acknowledgement by Henry Lintot Part 6 June 1744