January 27. JOHN SINGLETON TO HENRY PELHAM

Family congratulations and happenings. Marriages of his daughters. A cor-

rupt Parliament and America.

April 26. COPLEY TO ISAAC Clarke

A hostile visit to his house in search of Watson.

June 3. JOSEPH WEBB TO HENRY PELHAM

The picture and payment.

June 8. HENRY PELHAM TO HELENA PELHAM.

A letter by the hands of Copley. Family greetings.

June 9. JOHN SMALL TO COpley

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Sends a letter of introduction to his brother, Alexander Small.

June. A BILL for Portraits

FOR PORTRAITS

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July 9. COPLEY TO HIS WIFE

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Is about to leave for London. His sea experiences. Anxiety about Boston.

Family messages. A bill of exchange.

July 11. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

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Manner of getting to London. Has seen West and Reynolds. Objects of inter-

est. A companion for his Italian tour. Advice from West. Jonathan Clarke's dis-

tant residence.

July 17. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY.

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Home news.
Ill conduct of Green. Dispute over rents. Offers for the house.

Difficulties of settling with Hancock. Congress of the Colonies. Situation in

Boston with troops. League and Covenant.

August 5. COPLEY TO HENRY Pelham

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Plan of a fence. Civilities from Lord Gage, West and Rook. A dinner with

Governor Hutchinson.

Asks for plan of Sewall street.

August 15. NATHANIEL HATCH TO HENRY PELHAM

August 17. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

Social pleasures of London. English politeness. Reynolds and Whitehall. Sug-

gestions on painting. Has not seen Aunt Singleton. Advice to study incessantly

and practise continually.

August 25. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

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Order for Hutchinson's portrait. Is about to leave for France.

Account of his journey in France. Rouen and comforts. Meals and lodgings.

Impressions of Paris. Advice on painting. A sketch book. The study of the

masters. Poussin and his methods.

September 5. ROBERT HOOPER TO P. THOMAS

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Order for picture.

September 7. COPLEY TO HENry Pelham

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The church of Notre Dame and College for Surgeons. The Luxemburg gallery.
Manner of Rubens' painting. His color scheme.

September 8. COPLEY TO HIS MOTHER

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His passage from England. The buildings of Paris. Manner of living and its
cheapness. His delight with his excursion.

September 15. COPLEY TO HIS WIFE.

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Will be in England next summer. No dangers in travelling.
Paris to Lyons. River voyaging. Wishes to know of his family.

Journey from

September 25. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM.

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Dispatch in travelling. Service at the dining places. Avignon and Marseilles.

The languages.

October 5. Charles Reak and SAMUEL OKEY TO HENRY Pelham

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Plans for mezzotintos.

November 2. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

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Has enjoyed his letters. Is at Philadelphia for health. Some painting commis-
sions. Disturbances in Boston. An entire stoppage of business. Green's conduct.
What he has seen in New York and Philadelphia. Copley's fame.

November 10. HENRY PELHAM TO JOHN SINGLeton

A family letter.

November 18. HENRY PELHAM TO HIS MOTHER

Art seen in Philadelphia. Social attentions and commissions.

November 21. HENRY PELHAM TO CHARLES STARTIN

Acknowledgments of pleasures received. Quiet in Boston. The Congress and

export of rice. Newport and the slave trade. Smallpox among the troops.

December 3. CHARLES STARTIN TO HENRy Pelham

Politics.

December 4. HENRY PELHAM TO JOHN MORGAN .

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Information wanted on portrait of Angelica Kauffmann. Labelling of pictures.

December 12. HENRY PELHAM TO CHARLES STARTIN

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Appreciation of courtesies. Wishes to make portrait of Richard Clarke. A

sketch for a picture frame.

Proceedings of a town meeting. Tiles and wallpaper wanted.

December 27. JOHN MORGAN TO HENRY PELHAM

History of the portrait of Angelica Kauffmann, and of herself.

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January 31. HENRY PELHAM TO CHARLES STARTIN.

Portrait of Richard Clarke. A pamphlet controversy.

February 13. Henry Pelham TO BENJAMIN West

Something for the exhibition. Praise of his ability.

February 16. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

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Boston more peaceable. Account of his journey to Philadelphia. Experience of

a country mob. What he has seen in New York and Philadelphia.

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March 10. HENRY PELHAM TO CHARLES REAK AND SAMUEL OKEY . . 293

Making plates from portraits. Suggests one of Professor Winthrop.

March 14. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

Picture of the Izards.

Manner of making an historical composition.

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Exam-

ples and experiments. Compassion for Boston. A study of Raphael and Titian.

Colors and treatment.

March 16. CHARLES REAK AND SAMUEL OKEY TO HENRY Pelham

Plates of Samuel Adams and John Hancock. One of Winthrop.

April 3. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

Enjoyment of his letters. Deaths of Mrs. Oliver, Chardon and Winslow.

Quiet in Boston.

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Hostility to Jones. The battle of Lexington and his experiences.

May 16. HENRY PELHAM TO JOHN SINGLETON

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Disturbed condition of Boston. The affair at Lexington and Concord. Dis-

tressed situation of the town. Thinks of going to Europe.

May 16. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY.

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Disorder and distress in Boston. The Concord expedition and its conse-

quences. Gage fortifying the town. Business at a standstill. His illness.

Sailing of Mrs. Copley. His mother unwilling to leave Boston.

June 5. HENRY PELHAM TO CHARLES Pelham

June 25. COPLEY TO HIS Mother

Anxiety for her welfare. Is copying a Correggio. Ease of travel. Some of the

sights of Italy. Izard and Boylston. Thoughts for his brother. His commissions.

Has heard of the Lexington affair.

June 25. COPLEY TO HENRY Pelham.

Further study of Titian. Conjecture on his method of coloring. Receipts for

varnishes. Recommends the study of anatomy. Painting history essential.

Opinions of his work.

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July 23. HENRY PELHAM TO SUSANNA COPLEY

The siege of Boston and military operations. Battle of Bunker Hill. Affair of

Long Island. Family news. Is making a survey of Charlestown. Appointment

of generals by the Congress.

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Civil war in America. Result will be independence. Urges his mother to leave

America.

JOHNSON TO HENRY PELHAM

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Draughts of the enemy's works.

August 19. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

Reasons for not sending the survey of Charlestown. General Howe's dinner.
Political considerations. Departure of Judge Sewall.

August 22. COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

Hopes to meet him on arriving in England. Results of his tour. His copy of

Correggio. Prospects in England. Boston not capable of withstanding a siege.

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Letters from Copley. Distress for her friends in Boston. Expects to hear of his

coming. Social relations in England. Messages.

October 10. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

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Distressing circumstances of the country. Deaths of friends. Disappointments.

His liking for Sarah Bromfield. Irregularity of letters.

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January 27. HENRY PELHAM TO COPLEY

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Death of his son, Clarke Copley. Caution as to letters. Military conditions in

and around Boston unchanged. His mother. Changes in the country and city.

Purchase of some prints.

COPLEY TO HENRY PELHAM

February. HENRY PELHAM TO HENRY BROMFIELD, Jr.

Wishes a meeting at the lines.

February 25. HENRY BROMFIELD, JR. TO HENRY PELHAM

Reflections on the changed situation. Accounts.

HENRY CANER TO COPLEY

A picture attributed to Da Vinci.

Portrait of Taylor.

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