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• Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733):Topics

General remarks

Physical description:

• p.[i]: half title
• p.[iii] title page
• p.i-x Dedication to His Royal Highness, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales etc."
• p.1-31 Preface [the first]
• p.[1]-214 "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century" - letters dating Nov. 3, 1997 to Feb. 25, 1997/98
• 215-256 "Preface the Second"
• p.257-504 letters dated from Feb 2. 1997/98 to May 1. 1998
• p.505-527 "Preface the III"

Note that Madden did not foresee the Calendar Act of 1750 which led to Great Britain introducing the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Dates are given throughout in the "old style" - with new years beginning in Mid-March.

Topics and interesting passages

see Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733):Topics

Half title

Title page

Dedication to His Royal Highness, Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales etc.

Preface [the first]

Constantinople, Nov. 3, 1997: Stanhope to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.1-28)

Rome, Nov. 7, 1997: Hertford to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.28-53)

Mosco, Nov. 29, 1997: Clare to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.54-74)

Paris, Dec. 16, 1997: Herbert to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.74-97)

Rome, Jan. 7, 1998: Hertford to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.98-132)

London, Dec. 19, 1997: N—m to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.132-153)

Mosco, Jan. 27, 1997/98: Clare to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.153-182)

Constantinople, February 25, 1997/98: Stanhope to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.183-214)

Preface the second (pp.215-256=

London, Feb. 2, 1997/98: N—m to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.132-284)

Paris, Feb. 8, 1997/98: Herbert to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.285-307)

Constantinople, April 16, 1998: Stanhope to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.308-338)

Mosco, March. 8, 1997/98: Clare to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.338-366)

London, Feb. 24, 1999 [1997/98]: N—m to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.132-284)

Rome, February 28, 1997/98: Hertford to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.386-421)

London, April 5, 1998: N—m to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.421-446)

Paris, March 4, 1997/98: Herbert to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.446-472)

Constantinople, May 1, 1998: Stanhope to the Lord High Treasurer (pp.473-504)

Preface the III (pp.505-527)

Literature

Samuel Madden

• identified as "Chaplain in Ordinary" at court: Chamberlayne, John. Magnæ Britanniæ notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain; ... By John Chamberlayne, ... The thirty-first edition of the south part, called England; and the tenth of the north part, called Scotland. .. In two parts. .. London, 1735. p.118. ECCO
• Baker, David Erskine. Biographia dramatica, or, a companion to the playhouse: ... By David Erskine Baker, Esq. A new edition: carefully corrected; .. and continued from 1764 to 1782. London, 1782, p.294. ECCO
• Burdy, Samuel, The life of the late Rev. Philip Skelton, with some curious anecdotes (Dublin, 1792) ECCO pp 28, 32-41, 121
• Jones, Stephen. A new biographical dictionary: ... The second edition, corrected: with considerable additions and improvements. London, 1796. ECCO
• A new and general biographical dictionary: containing an historical, critical, ... London, 1795. 497pp. Vol. 7 of 8 ECCO
• Library Ireland accessed 1 Nov 2007
• Rosemary Richey, ‘Madden, Samuel Molyneux (1686–1765)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 1 Nov 2007