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Crewe MS/21/f. 4r
Title
(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
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- 9 Jan. 1709 (Creation)
- 24 Nov. 1707 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet
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(i) Agrees to give Philips forty guineas for his poem Cyder, together with a certain number of copies of the book, and agrees terms for subsequent editions.
(ii) Acknowledges the receipt of ten guineas ‘in full of this note and all demands’.
Endorsed ‘Mr Tonson’s Promissory Note’.
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Pasted into Crewe MS 21 (f. 4r).
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- Philips, John (1676-1709), poet (Subject)
- Tonson, Jacob (1655/6–1736), bookseller (Subject)
- Tonson, Jacob (1682–1735), bookseller (Subject)