James Boswell papers, 1756-1799.

Samuel Johnson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v809hs (person)

Boswell, James, 1740-1795

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m32t04 (person)

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...

Thomas Whittell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv6b2d (person)

Ozias Humphry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6013qg8 (person)

Hester Lynch (Salusbury) Thrale Piozzi

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd2dds (person)

Eva Marie (Violetti) Garrick

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d919t (person)

David Barclay

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j87r0 (person)

William Bowles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt7cct (person)

Reynold Davies

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd4jk4 (person)

Davis, Lockyer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j4986k (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x000269 ...

James Boswell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp9wjk (person)

Francis Cornelius van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf516p (person)

Thomas Cadell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m47ffn (person)

Chapman, Robert William, 1866-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w8xr5 (person)

Buckland, James

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j527zq (person)

George Strahan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t57msd (person)

Francis, barber

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc6r1s (person)

M. Waingrow

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mj1n8r (person)

Law, Bedwell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s4f7q (person)

Longman, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b37kz6 (person)

Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 40520 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000007 Epithet: of Add MS 38729 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000002 ...

Joseph Smith

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nf0k7c (person)

Alexander Boswell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv5gd8 (person)

Thomas, Lawrence

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn2v2n (person)

Baldwin, Robert, 1943-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x0vsk (person)

Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000148 ...

Thomas Percy, bp. of Dromore

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6556sx0 (person)

John Taylor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t190h (person)

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp06t2 (person)

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...

David Garrick

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx86ts (person)

Robson, James

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67j5zbg (person)

Sir John Hawkins

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx6km3 (person)

Henry Dundas 1st viscount Melville

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq5smf (person)

C. B. Tinker

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp473m (person)

John Hollyer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx667q (person)

Cadell, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b08vxd (person)

Epithet: uncle (?) of T Cadell, the elder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0000b3 Epithet: Publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0000b0 Epithet: of Bristol, tailor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...

Dilly, Charles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j81c2c (person)

Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j41xm (person)

Payne was a bookseller in London, England. From the description of Receipt, 1754 July 20, to Mr. Nourss. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 9587774 Epithet: of Add MS 23817 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003e6 Epithet: of Add MS 32733 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x000002 ...

Nichols, John, 1745-1806

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs4bmh (person)

Robinson, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md94xq (person)

Epithet: clerk at the Custom Home British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000172 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000174 ...

Andrew Gibb

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64881vg (person)

R. W. Chapman

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w233m1 (person)

Rivington (John) & sons, publishers.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj00j6 (corporateBody)

Mary, countess of Orkney

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6779j2b (person)

Davies, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz13n8 (person)

Epithet: Lord Mayor of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00036a Epithet: of Add MS 40590 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001a1 Epithet: Lieutenant; 3rd Foot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x00019d Epithet: Lieu...

Gardner, Henry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg4941 (person)

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb43r1 (person)

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...

Charles Dilly

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc2669 (person)

William Parsons

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg1bwk (person)

Calder, John, 1733-1815

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c54656 (person)

Edmund Hector

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z462cx (person)

Carnan, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gv9c4j (person)

Richard Clark

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65576m9 (person)

Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb5gwr (person)

Charles Dilly was apprenticed to his brother Edward Dilly (1732-1779) as a bookseller in 1756 and joined the firm in 1764 and worked jointly with Edward until his death in 1779. Charles continued in the trade until he sold the firm to Joseph Mawman in 1800. From the description of [Letter] 1795 Oct. 7, London [to] Mr. Young, Philadelphia / C. Dilly. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191958952 ...

Elizabeth Aston

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj076m (person)

Hayes, Samuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz74zs (person)

Murray, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d1nw5 (person)

Epithet: publisher, d1843 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002e6 Epithet: of Add MS 31910 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0002a4 Epithet: Ambassador to Turkey (1765) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x000298 Epithet: o...

Lucy Porter

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg3r3p (person)

Nicol, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k37jt (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 36594 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0002be Epithet: Secretary, British Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0002c0 Epithet: of Add MS 33977 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

John Rivington.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k7vk7 (person)

John Scott

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb9xv4 (person)

Evans, Thomas, 1742-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c2h37 (person)

Epithet: of Alciston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000044 Epithet: of Hurstpierpoint College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000187 Epithet: of Bletchingley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000045 Epithet: Vicar of...

Frances Reynolds

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ts0b5k (person)