Saturday 5th. From ½ past 9 till ½ past 4. at Musm. Contd. Subdivns. In Mr Forshall's room for an hour & ½. and shall now give up the gall process, & endeavour to decipher the remaining letters propriis oculis... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/5-august

Friday 4th. At Musm....employed...in takg extracts for an analysis of the Comedy of Babio...& afterwards...in Mr. Forshall‘s room, trying the experiment of gall...on the Cott. MS Tib. A. XV. containing Alcuin’s letters. It succeeds very badly... #otd 😲 full entry: www.madden1826.com/4-august

Thursday 3d... went to the Western Institn. & ... took home with me the first Vol. of Taylor’s Transln. of Pausanias to read, 8° 1824 I find the transln. itself is written on so absurd a plan, that it confuses & obscures the description completely... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/3-august

Wednesday 2d... read a curious notice in the Asiatic Journal, of some Egyptian rolls of papyrus lately purchased by the K. of France, and also of a work written by a German (Seyffarth) against Champollier ... He is clearly wrong... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/2-august

Tuesday Aug. 1st. at Musm. from ½ past 9 till 4. Contd Subdivn. of Voyages & Travels in Class Catalogue. Dined in Rupert St. & sat in the Green Park till 9. I generally read Herodotus till eleven oC. #otd

Monday 31st... On my return home, I found a letter also from Geo. Grant, requesting me to procure for his brother a work on Greek Coins in English, with a great many plates,- and of a small size. They are a couple of asses for their pains! ... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/31-july

July Statistics On 1 July Madden returned to London from Oxford. He spent most of the month working at the British Museum, and took new lodgings at 42 Half Moon Street, Piccadilly. He regularly dined (with or without his brother Henry) in Rupert Street, and occasionally walked to Fulham to visit…

July Statistics

On 1 July Madden returned to London from Oxford. He spent most of the month working at the British Museum, and took new lodgings at 42 Half Moon Street, Piccadilly. He regularly dined (with or without his brother Henry) in Rupert Street, and occasionally walked to Fulham to visit his uncle. He crossed the Thames to Lambeth in search of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and went to the Haymarket Theatre.

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Sunday 30th: Very warm. I continued copying out fair part of the Holkham Catalogue, till 5oC. & then walked down to Fulham. #otd

Saturday 29th...I met Mr Triphook, one of Wm. Conybeare’s publishers, who told me he had directions to deliver me a copy of the “Illustrations“; which he would leave at the Museum. He did so... & I was much pleased in looking over its contents... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/29-july

Friday 28th... Mr Baber shewed me the Original Alexandrian MS. and two of the copies... I still am a sceptic respecting the age of this MS. and think the 6th. Centy. is as early as it can...be...my uncle...told me of young Lady Astley's elopement... #otd Full text: www.madden1826.com/28-july

28 July

Friday 28th. At Museum from ½ past 9 of till 4. This morning Mr Baber shewed me the Original Alexandrian MS. and ^two of the copies struck off on vellum; one of which is going to Vienna & …

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Interesting to read Madden's perspective on this. On the face of it, the reference is unexceptional: "for several examples of which I am indebted to one of the most able historians of the present day—Francis Madden, Esq." archive.org/details/sim_...

Thursday 27th. At Musm. as usual, employed on the Class Catalogue. Began today my subdivisions, which I find of more interest than the general ones. I hear Mr Forshall of the Musm. was married last week. Oh happy, happy man! — And I might have been like him! Oh God! #otd

Wednesday 26...Harris Nicolas vexed me extremely...by sending me...a letter written by him to the Gents. Mag. containing some remarks on Palgrave’s Article in the last Quarterly. In this, he has take occasion to quote me in a manner I dislike extremely... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/26-july

Tuesday 25th. ...I met Wm. Conybeare... with whom I had a long conversation. It appears Price & he have agreed to publish the entire body of Saxon poetry, and will successively produce Cædmon, Beowulf, the pieces in the Exeter MS. & Red Book of Derby &c... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/25-july

Monday 24. Walked back to town... Sent my letter to Bliss, & wrote a letter to Mr Petrie... went to the Royal Institn. where I read in the 6th Vol. of the “Memoires de l’Acad. des Inscript.” (1820) a curious paper on the coins ascribed to Marinus. #otd Full entry: www.madden1826/24-july

Sunday 23d. Rain in torrents all the morning. I had made my mind up to walk to Fulham, so... I took my umbrella... Fortunately the rain had now in great measure subsided, so with a very little wet and a considerable portion of mud, I arrived at Cole Hill. #otd☔️ Full entry: www.madden1826.com/23-july

Saturday 22d... Rained hard in the Evg. & I remained till ten oC. in the Reading Rooms of the Western Institution. They tell me, they intend to circulate their library in about a week. #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/22-july

Friday 21st. Went to the Musm. at the same hour, & met Mr Baber at the door, who immediately took me aside, and informing me of Hawkins's appointment, told me Mr Smedley was "completely dished", and advised me by all means to apply to the Ab'p... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/21-july

When you could afford to rent in London and work in a museum… 1826

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Monday 10th... Feild... proposed to me to take his apartments at No. 42 Half Moon St. Piccadilly... I agreed... at the rate of 11.£ 0.6 a quarter. For this I have a sitting-room, sleeping room, & dressg. room... nothing so cheap can be had any where... #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/10-july

Thursday 20th. At Musm. from ½ past 9 till 4. In the evening at the Royal Institutn with Henry. #otd

Wednesday 19th. At Musm. from ½ past 9 till 4.- Strachan called on me & we dined together, after which we took some ice at Grainger's, and coffee at his apartments, where I remained till 11oC. #otd

Tuesday 18th At Musm from ½ past 9 till 4. I saw His Grace the Abp. of Canterbury pass through the room where I was sitting, about 3oC. and soon after Ellis came to tell us, that Mr Hawkins had been appointed to succeed Combe... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/18-july

Monday 17th... Ellis came to tell us some of his odd stories, as usual, & from the anecdotes he related of the Revd Thomas Maurice, quondam Sub-libn. at the Museum, the latter must have been the most drunken and immoral beast that ever lived! ... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/17-july

Sunday 16th... I employed myself in writing letters to my dear M... and to my Mother. In the last I signified my intentions... not only of declining to draw on my Father for any part of the Univy. expenses, but also of relinquishing the annual 20£... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/16-july

Saty 15th. St Swithin. Rain in the night, but none all day; on the contrary, very fine...went to the Institn, Leicester Sq... An Article in the N. American Review on Gesenius’ Enquiry into the authority of the Samaritan Pentateuch, interested me... #otd full entry: www.madden1826.com/15-july

Friday 14th. At Musm. from 9 till 4. Poor Combe's funeral took place with the usual pomp & ceremony. A Dr Hawkins attended today, in the place of Dr Baddam, to arrange the titles of Medecine in the Class Catalogue. ... #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/14-july

Thursday 13th. At Musm. from 9 till 4. It came on to rain hard just as I left it, & I was wet through, but it was merely a shower ... For these last two days I have had a most violent cold, which annoys me a good deal. #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/13-july

Wedny. 12th... It appears poor Combe‘s head has been opened by a surgeon... and a fleshy tumor discovered inside, which pressed upon the brain, which produced that apathy so often remarked during Combe‘s life, & ultimately caused his death... #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/12-July

Tuesday 11th...Received a letter from Dr Bliss, in which he tells me, that immediately on hearing the death of poor Combe, he wrote a strong letter in my favor to Vaux, the Abps Chaplain, & he advises me to apply myself again to the Abp for the vacancy... #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/11-july

Monday 10th... Feild... proposed to me to take his apartments at No. 42 Half Moon St. Piccadilly... I agreed... at the rate of 11.£ 0.6 a quarter. For this I have a sitting-room, sleeping room, & dressg. room... nothing so cheap can be had any where... #otd Full entry: www.madden1826.com/10-july