Papers, 1836-1875.

Samuel Johnson

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Barber, Francis, 1742 or 1743-1801

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Francis Barber (c. 1742/3 – 13 January 1801), whose original name was Quashey (a common name for men of Coromantee origin), was the Jamaican manservant of lexicographer Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784. Barber was born enslaved in Jamaica on a sugarcane plantation belonging to the Bathurst family. At the age of about 15, he was brought to England by his owner, Colonel Richard Bathhurst, whose son, also called Richard, was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Barbe...

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...

Pocock, Lewis, 1808-1882

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Lewis Pocock was a patron of the arts in London. He assembled a substantial collection of books, manuscripts and art relating to Samuel Johnson, which was dispersed at a Sotheby's sale in 1875. From the description of Papers, 1836-1875. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213494 Epithet: Secretary, London Art Union British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x0002af Lewis Pocock (1808-1...

Lewis Pocock.

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William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, 1705-1793

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Stephens, Frederic George, 1828-1907

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British art critic and painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1850-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77615552 ...

Cunningham, Peter, 1816-1869

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Compiled by Augustus Toedteberg. From the guide to the The story of Nell Gwyn : and the sayings of Charles the Second, extra-illustrated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Smedley, Henry

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Euphemia Boswell

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Gifford, Edward

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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...

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 ...

Joshua Reynolds.

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Emily?, A.

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Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Molesey, to John Murray, [probably 1834]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Molesey, Sussex, to Lord Palmerston, 1852 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531191 John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Irish politician, literary critic, and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn, London, becoming an Iri...

Joseph Porter

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Sloman, Charles, 1784-1866

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Mr. Carnaby

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Alexander Hogg.

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Pocock, Lewis, 1808-1882

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Lewis Pocock was a patron of the arts in London. He assembled a substantial collection of books, manuscripts and art relating to Samuel Johnson, which was dispersed at a Sotheby's sale in 1875. From the description of Papers, 1836-1875. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213494 Epithet: Secretary, London Art Union British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x0002af Lewis Pocock (1808-1...

Lambeth Water Works

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Roberts, engraver.

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Murray, John, 1808-1892

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John Murray, English publisher. The son of the John Murray who published Byron, he began working at his family's firm in 1828. From the guide to the John Murray III manuscript material : 2 items, 1829-1845, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1872 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612883 John M...

Samuel Johnson's

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Langton, Jane

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Author and teacher of writing. Graduate of the University of Michigan (B.S., 1944 and M.A., 1945) and Radcliffe College (M.A., 1948). From the description of Correspondence, 1981-1983, with Carlton F. Wells. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364905 Author of children's books and suspense novels; resident of Lincoln, Mass.; b. 1922. From the description of Vanderhoof Hardware Store booklet, 2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 244566231 Jane...