Nichols, John, (1745-1826), printer, author and antiquary

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Surname:	Nichols
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1745-1826
Biography:	ODNB link for Nichols, John (1745-1826) Printer Author and Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P131785 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P21196 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for John Nichols

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1777-1873: personal and family corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Dep c 721; Don c 67, d 87-90; Eng lett b 11-19, c 354-72; Top Gen c 8-9, d 1, e 33
2	1773-1826: corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng lett c 132, d 61; Eng misc c 142
3	c1796-1842: family corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 36987
4	1777-1906: family corresp and papers	Rutgers University Libraries		See NUC MS 87-621
5	c1809-38: corresp	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Eng MSS 700, 1151
6	1766-1874: family corresp and papers	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library		See NUC MS 67-802
7	1762-1888: corresp and papers rel to Gentlemans Magazine	Folger Shakespeare Library		See NUC MS 65-1876
8	c1773-1856: corresp and papers rel to Gentlemens Magazine	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 63652
9	1778-1825: misc corresp	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	Osborn MS d 51	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
10	antiquarian papers	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 2214-16
11	1795-1822: literary notes	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	13 theta 90-97	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	copy of his Anecdotes of Hogarth with further notes	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 27996
13	1769-1815: ledger of copyrights	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8226	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	collections rel to his Literary Illustrations and notes rel to Hinckley	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	MSS 477, 534
15	c1789-1815: corresp, accounts and papers	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5463	NRA 43666
16	corresp	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 447	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
17	1809-25: letters (19) to Philip Bliss	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34567-34569, 34581
18	1801-32: letters (copies) from William Bray	Surrey History Centre	Z/300	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
19	letters from John Cragg and related papers rel to Gentlemans Magazine	Spalding Gentlemen's Society		NRA 4826
20	1773-75: corresp with William Cuming (c42 items)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top gen c 8	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
21	1809-38: letters (141) from TF Dibdin	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	English MS 1151	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
22	1806-25: letters to Francis Douce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Douce d 21, 23, 30	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
23	letters to Richard Gifford	Derbyshire Record Office		See Friends of National Libraries report 1981 p11
24	1774: letters (11) mainly to Richard Gough	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top Gen d 2	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25	1770-1817: corresp rel to Hutchinson's History of Dorset	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Top Dorset d 3-4	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	1778-84: letters from Samuel Johnson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 5159
27	1807-22: letters from William Layton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 61
28	1807-20: corresp with JN Ludford	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE3766
29	1807-21: letters to Mark Noble	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng misc d 160-161, 165	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
30	1781-93: corresp with George Paton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv MSS 29 3 8, 29 5 5-8	NRA 23720 Paton
31	c1819-26: letters to Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson b 104-191, c 186-632, d 118-296, e 53-400	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
32	1809-11: letters (13) to John Price	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Add A 64	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
33	1788-1801: letters (10) to Rowland Rouse	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE2937/4-13	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
34	1802-21: letters to Royal Literary Fund	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Loan 96	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
35	1785-1801: letters (11) from Anna Seward	Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	MS45/2-12	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	1776-79: letters to Henry Taylor	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7901/7	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
37	1782-83: letters from him	Norfolk Record Office	Frere Collection/C3/2/4 (Fenn papers)	NRA 42296 Frere
38	1782-1837: corresp and notes rel to research on William Hogarth	National Portrait Gallery	JBN	See Annual Return 2017

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Nichols, John Bowyer, (1779-1863), printer and antiquary	father of John Bowyer Nichols		Family