Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Commonplace book : manuscript : probably England, 18th century.

BIB_ID
107944
Accession number
MA 85
Display Date
18th century.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1909.
Description
1 item (ca. 400 p.), bound ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Old catalog description indicates that Martin Madan's signature was cut from the flyleaf, which has a 2.5 x 6.8 cm portion excised from upper corner.
Pages numbered 1-397 in a contemporary hand.
Summary
Recording legal opinions and memoranda. Possibly in the hand of William Cowper's cousin Martin Madan. With signature and occasional notes by Cowper, and dated in his hand Feb. 12, 1757 in the upper left corner of the front flyleaf recto. With two indexes following the text.