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The Correspondence of William Stukeley and Maurice Johnson, 1714-1754 (Hardcover)
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The Correspondence of William Stukeley and Maurice Johnson, 1714-1754 (Hardcover)
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
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Edition of the correspondence of the notable antiquarians William
Stukeley and Maurice Johnson, presenting vivid details of life at
the time. Both sides of a correspondence, stretching over forty
years, between two remarkable Lincolnshire friends, the antiquaries
William Stukeley (1687-1765) and Maurice Johnson (1688-1755), are
brought together in this volume. Beginningwhen the writers were in
their twenties, the letters cover Johnson's work as a lawyer and
the development of his cherished Spalding Gentlemen's Society, and
Stukeley's career as a physician, his ordination in 1729, and
eventual return to London in 1747. The two friends wrote on a wide
range of topics, including current affairs, political scandals,
financial disasters like the South Sea Bubble and the threat of
Jacobite invasions. The letters reflect cultural life: the founding
of the British Museum, operatic performances, the activities of the
Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries. They portray life in
South Lincolnshire: local elections, concerts, race meetings and
plays. Local gossip reveals a parade of characters, marrying for
love or money, building houses, and encountering alarming
accidents. Naturally, the letters also illustrate the lives of the
two friends, their financial concerns, their marriages, children
and pets, their friendships, difficulties with neighbours and all
the minutiae of small-town Lincolnshire life. Above all, the two
men shared their passion for the study of antiquity and their
enthusiasm for spreadingknowledge as widely as possible,
particularly through the learned societies founded during this
period. The letters are presented with explanatory notes and a full
introduction. Diana Honeybone and Michael Honeybone taught history
for the Open University and Nottingham University Department of
Adult Education. They have spent many years studying and teaching
the local history of the East Midlands, with special emphasis on
intellectual activity in the eighteenth century.
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