Commonplace book of the Rev. Daniel Lysons
Reference code
LYS/01
Title
Commonplace book of the Rev. Daniel Lysons
Date
18th-20th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Octavo.
Green vellum binding.
Octavo.
Green vellum binding.
Scope and content
Handwritten with printed articles and cuttings laid down. Contains anecdotes, extracts, sketches and verses relating to Dr Johnson, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, Horace Walpole, Princess Yekaterina Daschkova, Warren Hastings and Lord Clive (East India Company), Colonel Joseph Brandt (King of the Mohawks), Boswell and James Bruce of Kinnaird and others.
Creator
Lysons, Daniel (1762-1834), Vicar of Rodmarton, topographer
Lysons family of Hempsted
Lysons family of Hempsted
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/782/1-2