37. Robert Bloomfield, memorandum, diary entries keeping records of sales
personally made, visitors (including George
Dyer), 12–17 September [1800]* 3d Edition published ———————— | Friday Sept 12th | Carried 4 copies to Mr Granville Sharp Garden
Court, Temple: price 16s, gave me a guinea and paid for one to be sent
by me to Dr Hays of passly Northamtonshire. A gentleman call'd at Mr Sharps while I was
there, took one copy, gave half a guinea for it.————
| | Saturday | Mr & Mrs Hatch call'd Mrs Hatch is
sister to Mr Lofft — soon
after calld Mr Granville
Sharp talkd a long time on the application of the prophysy to
the present and coming time never heard a parson talk with half the
learning and half the conviction, he is bo[letters cut off] to the Law
and I believe practice it now; he says the Gentleman at his house
yesterday when I was there is br[letters cut off] to Lord (I forget who
and member of parliament for Northamton town.———
| | Sunday | As last Sunday I dined in company with Mr Dyer at Mr A. Robinson's
Blackfriars road, so this day I found it convenient to accept of Mr
& Mrs Barbauld's
invitation to dine with them some Sunday at Hamstead; had a pleasant walk,
found Mr & Mrs
Barbauld were gone to Dorking and would not be home till
Tuesday. I therefore dined and took tea with Mr Hood and family, the
publisher of my book who has a house there during the summer
season———
| | Monday | Sent a parcel of 6 books to Mrs Prowse'sWicken park, in
northamtonshire — send a parcel and letter to Thos Grant Esq, Towcester, including a book and
a letter. to the duke of
Grafton 3 books and 2 letters besides — delivered a book and
letter to mr Naylor of Great Newport Street——
| | Tuesday | No interruption. was at work all day.———
| | Wednesday | In the morning a gentleman from Sawbridge
calld and bought a large packet of Herb tobacco from Mr Barrett who had
promised it one evening last week when I spent an hour or two with him
at the Bull Inn Bishopgate. Mr Barrett is a linen draper at Cambridge
and claims relationship, having some expectations from the will of Robt
Manby of Thetford his son in law Mr Ind of Cambridge calld on me the
preceeding week. — Received a letter from Mr Lofft, took it to Mr Hood to communicate an
order it containd. |
Notes* BL Add. MS 28268, f.
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