James Boswell manuscripts, 1772-1795.

Samuel Johnson

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Adam, Lena Benjamin Stevens, 1879-1940

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Wife of Robert Borthwick Adam (1893-1940). Age 60 years. Late residence 780 West Ferry St, Buffalo. Died in Miami Beach FL....

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...

Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792

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Scottish judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to [Thomas] Percy, 1781 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526003 From the description of Autograph report signed : Newhailes near Edinburgh, to an unidentified Lord, 1783 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to an unidentified correspondent, 1790 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525977 ...

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Edmond Malone

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Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston

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Matthew Henderson, Esq., d. 1788

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Thomas, Percy

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John Courtenay

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James Heath

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Richard Tedstone.

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Veronica Boswell, 1773-1795

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David Garrick.

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Charles Hamilton, Earl of Haddington, Lord Binning and Byres.

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Brocklesby, Richard, 1722-1797

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of Leeds

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William Scott, Baron Stowell.

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Elizabeth Seymour Percy, Duchess of Northumberland

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Francis Fowke

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Literary Club, London.

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James Boswell.

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India House

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Lennox, Charlotte, ca 1729-1804

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fc Epithet: wife of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fd Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fa ...

Bennet Langton

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William Bosville.

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C. Castle

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Boswell, James Griffin

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Epithet: Representative of Dysart at the Convention of Scottish Boroughs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 38226 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000353 ...

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...

Thomas Ruddiman.

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Rosier, Daniel

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Jessington Rozea

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John Wilkes

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George Macartney, Earl Macartney

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Hester Lynch Piozzi's

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Harry Jackson, d. 1777

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Boswell family

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Porter, Lucy

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Samuel Johnson's

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Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789

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Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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Matthew Collet

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James Boswell, 1778-1822

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Robert Levet

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Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 1706-1782

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