Frederick W. Hilles manuscript collection ca. 1668-1902

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Frederick W. Hilles manuscript collection ca. 1668-1902

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Collection ofcorrespondence and other manuscript writings by James Boswell, Thomas Carlyle,Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and members of their families, collected byFrederick W. Hilles. Also includes manuscripts, correspondence, personal papersand classroom materials from Frederick W. Hilles.

70linear ft.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349323

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...

Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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James Boswell (1740-1795) was the author of one of the most influential biographies in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. He also wrote two successful travel books: An Account of Corsica, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. He worked intermittently as a lawyer, and in 1782 succeeded his father as Laird of Auchinleck in Scotland. From the description of James Boswell letters, 1762-1795. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612839330 Boswell wa...

Hilles, Frederick Whiley 1900-

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

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Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...