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Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Title: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints and manuscripts relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector William Upcott.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01796/catalog View

Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743-1824. Brooke Boothby letter to Dear Sir, 1810 Feb. 5.

Title: Brooke Boothby letter to Dear Sir, 1810 Feb. 5.

Boothby writes to Dear sir, 5 Feb. 1810, asking about some deeds to be received by Mr. Dunn, and counseling haste; includes integral envelope, addressed to Ross, Hale & Ross of London.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

Title: Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

A collection of single letters, documents, and manuscripts, primarily dating to the 18th century, from the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 1 vol. (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01762/catalog View

Chattock, Sarah. A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford, 1797 : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends.

Title: A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford, 1797 : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy by Mark Noble, with annotations, of his sister's diary of their tour through Derby and Stafford, recording their impressions of the counties' great houses and churches; and relating anecdotes and historical notes about the inhabitants, the churches and monuments, local legends and superstitions. She explores the town of Ashborne and Ashborne School, while a guest at Sandy Brook, the home of a Mrs. Gisborne; reminiscenses about Dr. Taylor and Dr. Johnson, and the students of Taylor's including the brother of the antiquarian Thomas Astle. In the chapel at Ashbourne Hall, she examines a monument Sir Brook Boothby had erected there in memory of his daughter Penelope and deplores his harsh treatment of his wife, said to have been a dwarf. In Derby, she passes by Sir Michael Gresley's seat, and relates details of their difficult relationship. She praises the furniture at Ilam Hall; visits John Gisborne's mansion at Sudbury; writes approvingly of his character; and concludes her narrative with a description of his wife and children. They visit Lichfield Cathedral and write about the monuments and renovations.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (28 p.) ; 16 cm.

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