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By Phillips.

Inserted are lists of amendments to the inventory valuation, Apr 2000-Feb 2004.

Minutes, agendas and correspondence.

Minutes, agendas and correspondence.

Minutes, agendas and correspondence.

The majority of records relate to a dinner held on 23 Dec 1790.

Folder is split into several subfolders:

ai: invitation to dine at Stationers' Hall on 23 Dec 1790.

i: address list for court members of the Skinners' Company, produced for invitations to the dinner held 23 Dec 1790.

ii: list of replies received from members of the committees of skinners, bakers and girdlers, undated.

iii: replies from members of the Skinners' Company, 13-21 Dec 1790 [15 items].

iv: replies from members of the Bakers' Company, 17-22 Dec 1790 [2 items].

v: replies from members of the Girdlers' Company, 11-18 Dec 1790 [6 items].

vi: transcript from the journal of James Boswell concerning his dinner at Stationers' Hall, 12 Aug 1790, with accompanying letter from A B Burney, 18 Feb 1948 [2 items].

Photographic reproductions of (upper) an invitation to the unveiling of the “Caxton” window at the north end of the Hall, 5 July 1894 and, (lower) an interior view of the Hall looking south west, c.1903

i: notice of proposal to rebuild a defective wall in Stationers' Hall Court, 21 Nov 1871 [2 items].

ii: blank lease form, [19th century].

iii: invoice from Strode & Co, gasfitters and engineers, 1866.

iv: invoice from J Treloar for coconut matting, 26 Sep 1866.

v: invoice from Robson & Jones for decorating the court and card rooms, Sep 1866.

vi: invoices from M Allen & Son for work done Oct 1871-May 1872 [3 items].

vii: blank memorandum of agreement for erecting Stationers' Company School buildings, 1892.

viii: invoice from F Edwards & Sons for supplying grates and labour, Michaelmas 1866.

ix: invoice from George Foxley, builder and house decorator, for work done, 1866.

x: invoice from the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company for photographing the hall, 31 Jul 1900.

Leather-bound album with letters pasted in. The letters contain responses of authors to a circular sent by publisher John William Parker, as part of his campaign for cheaper books in the free-trade controversy of 1852. The circular posed the question as to whether or not eminent authors considered it acceptable to ‘undersell’ books below the established retail price. Parker published the collection of letters as a volume entitled The Opinions of Certain Authors on the Publishing Question. The authors were overwhelmingly in favour of free trade, and restrictions on printing were eliminated later in the year. Includes a letter from Charles Darwin.

Photographic reproduction of a map from James Wyld’s Map of London, 1842.

John Nichols (1745-1826) served his apprenticeship to the eminent and scholarly printer William Bowyer. Upon completion of his apprenticeship, Nichols became Bowyer’s business partner and then, upon Bowyer’s death, the sole proprietor of one of London’s foremost printing houses. The business continued to grow under Nichols, especially once he became printer and editor of Gentleman’s Magazine. In 1804, Nicholas was elected Master of the Stationers’ Company. He exhibited an Interest in charity during his lifetime, subscribing to charities in London and Middlesex, as well as helping with the purchase of land for a sea-bathing infirmary at Margate. Nichols’s bequest to the Stationers’ Company established a yearly dividend payment to three compositors or pressmen, over the age of 45, who had been freemen of the Company for a minimum of 21 years.

The bequest was later updated by Nichols’s son, John Bowyer Nicholas (1779-1863), who shared his father’s charitable spirit, serving on committees for Margate Infirmary, the Royal Literary Fund, and the Royal Humane Society.

John Norton was one of the most prolific booksellers of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He died in 1612 a wealthy man. He left 1000 pounds to the Stationers’ Company as part of a larger bequest. Other stipulations of his will included leaving 150 pounds to the churchwardens of St Faith’s to buy land and property, the rent of which might be split between the poor of St Faith’s parish and poor stationers. Norton’s bequest further included the weekly dispensation of a penny loaf and two pence apiece to six poor stationers and six poor members of the parish. He also provided for an annual Ash Wednesday sermon, celebrated with cakes, wine, and ale at Stationers’ Hall.

'A Letter to a Member of Parliament from Mr. John Partridge, touching his Alamanack for the Year 1710, and the Injunction, whereby the Publishing of it is staid for the present'; 'The Last Wills and Testaments of J. Partridge, Student in Physick and Astrology; and Dr. Burnett, Master of the Charter-House', 1716; 'The Second Part of Mene Tekel: Treating of the year 1689', by John Partridge.

Property deeds and related records regarding 17 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.

Chronological entries of payments made by the English Stock; payments include shares, dividends, annuities and costs relating to the production and publication of books including general overheads, wages and tax; entries to Aug 1670 include Company payments.

Table of membership fees for 1824 at back of volume, with almanack printing figures and a list of the twelve great companies.