Arthur Murphy manuscript material : 1 item 1790

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Arthur Murphy manuscript material : 1 item 1790

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Arthur Murphy, Irish-born playwright and actor. To [?Sir Robert Chambers], jurist and judge : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Mar 1790 : (MISC 0989) : from London : begins, "I cannot let a friend of mine depart for Calcutta, without embracing the opportunity to pay my respects to you. When I broke in upon you before, I had the anecdotes of our friend Doct.r Johnson, and the letters between him and Mrs. Piozzi to smooth the way for me ...".

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Chambers, Robert, Sir, 1737-1803

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1754 admitted to the Middle Temple; 1761 called to the bar; 1762 Vinerian fellow; 1766 Vinerian professor, principal of New Inn Hall; 1768 member of the Literary Club; 1774-1783 judge in Bengal; 1777 knighthood; 1783-1791 acting chief justice of Bengal; 1791-1799 chief justice of Bengal; 1797 president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Epithet: judge Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8105...

Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805

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William Dorset Fellowes (1769-1852), who extra-illustrated this volume, was a friend of author Hester Lynch Piozzi during the last years of her life, and is mentioned frequently in her correspondence from 1815 onwards. His brother Sir James Fellowes was also a friend of Piozzi's, and served as her literary executor upon her death in 1821. From the guide to the An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., extra-illustrated, 1788-1844., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...