Manuscript subscription list made by Thomas Meade for a 1795 English pamphlet on the French Revolution

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Henry Goudemetz (1749-1826?). Judgment and Execution of Louis XVI. King of France; with a List of the Members of the National Convention, Who voted for and against his Death; and the Names of Many of the Most Considerable Sufferers In the Course of the French Revolution., Distinguished according to their Principles. [London?, no printer or publisher] [1795]. Call number: (Ex) Item 6205525. ❧ Ex copy has 87 additional ms. pages in a contemporary hand, including the list of subscribers, the errata, “Opinions des Députés” and “Évenemens remarquables pour l’Angleterre pendant l’année 1795.” ❧ Ex copy inscribed on inside front cover: Mary Meade, from her affectionate Father, Thos. Meade. ❧ Thomas Meade is credited with gathering over 300 subscribers per table headed “Recapitulation.”
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Stephen Ferguson is Librarian Emeritus, Princeton University Library. He came to Princeton in 1975 to be Curator of Rare Books, after several years of professional work at the John Carter Brown Library (Brown University) and the National Heritage Museum (Lexington, Mass.). Between 2014 and 2026, he held various posts as an Associate University Librarian at Princeton. He has degrees from Bowdoin (A.B.) and Rutgers (M.L.S.). His scholarly interests include book history, provenance research, and the history of collecting. He has taught at Drew University on the latter topic.