Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

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Printed books with hundreds of inserted prints and manuscripts relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector William Upcott.

2 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

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Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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British historian and radical political writer. From the description of History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line : holograph, 1762-1763. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760493 ...

Hoole, John, 1727-1803

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Vandergucht, John

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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

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Irish author. From the description of AL : London, to Thomas Cadell, [ca. 1771]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645561 ...

Seward, William, 1747-1799

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English man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, to [Mr. Cadell], 1791 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664109 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [n.p.], to Miss Burney, [1785]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662094 ...

Thomas? Cook

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Flora MacDonald, 1722-1790

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James? Boaden

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Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...

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Buckler, John, 1770-1851

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Strahan and Cadell

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Nichols, John, 1745-1826

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John Nichols (1745-1826) apprenticed as a printer in London with William Bowyer, and then entered into a partnership with Bowyer from 1767 until Bowyer's death in 1777. He served as printer, editor, and part-owner of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1778 until his death, and was a prolific editor and author of scholarly works. From the guide to the Papers, 1777-1822., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) John Nichols (1745-1826) was one of the most pr...

Fry, William Thomas, 1789-1843

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Kearsley, George, d. 1790

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Raph, Alan

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R. Pearson

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George Anson, Baron Anson, 1697-1762

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Stanfield, Clarkson

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Watson, Caroline

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Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1741-1821

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Bacon, John

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Sir James Mackintosh, 1765-1832

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James Bruce, 1730-1794

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Inigo? Barlow

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James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785

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Garrett Nagle?

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Flaxman, John

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William Cowper.

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John Smart

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J. John Sebastian Miller

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Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743-1824

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Sir Brooke Boothby was born at Ashbourne Hall, educated at Cambridge, and spent time in the army. He joined the London literary circle, and published letters and essays, while also writing poetry and miscellaneous pieces. He also lived in France before inheriting his family estate as the seventh baronet. His writings were mainly political or social commentary, but he also wrote imaginative prose and poetry. From the description of Brooke Boothby letter to Dear Sir, 1810 Feb. 5. (Penn...

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John Corner

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Thomas Birch, 1705-1766

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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 ...

Bellin, Samuel

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James Roberts, 1753-ca. 1809

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James Fittler

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Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...

George Horne, 1730-1792

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Isaac Reed, 1742-1807

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E. Elizabeth? Jackson

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Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828

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Scottish philosopher. From the description of Letter signed : Kinniel House, to Thomas Jefferson, 1824 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580884 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Catrine, Kilmarnock, to an unidentified peer, before 1809?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574573 Dugald Stewart was born on November 22, 1753 in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 13, he studied at the University of Edinburgh where his father was th...

Mary Summersby

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Percival Stockdale, 1736-1811

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Bell, J. L. (John Lane)

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Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789

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Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1719-1789) was a native of Turin, Italy. After beginning his literary career in Italy, he removed to London in 1751. There he served as an Italian language tutor, and soon became a member of Samuel Johnson's literary circle. After publishing A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages (1760), he returned to Italy for five years, where he courted controversy with his literary periodical La Frusta Letteraria. He settled in London permanently in 1765. In 1769, ...

Anderson, James, 1739-1808

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Scottish economist and writer on agriculture. From the guide to the James Anderson letters, 1799, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scotland resident and author. From the description of Statement, 1782. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31311593 Scottish economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Thomas Cadell, 1782 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131532 ...

Richard Warren, 1731-1797

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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-...

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792

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Cochin, Charles-Nicolas, 1688-1754

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William? Derby

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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...

Donald Maclean of Coll

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Michael Johnson, 1656-1731

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Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811

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Thomas Percy was the editor of the Reliques of ancient English poetry and of The Regulations and establishment of the household of Henry Algernon Percy (London, 1770). From the description of Thomas Percy letter, Northumberland House [London], to Dear Sir, [1767] Saturday, May 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38929735 Epithet: Bishop of Norwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

William Burton.

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Angus, William

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John Jortin, 1698-1770

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Zachary Pearce, 1690-1774

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Thomas Birch.

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Cave, Edward

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Harris, James, 1709-1780

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James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). From the description of James Harris manuscript material : 2 items, 1743-1765 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300092941 ...

Nathan Drake, 1766-1836

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Christopher Smart, 1722-1771

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Pennington, Montagu, 1762-1849

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George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton, 1709-1773

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Ireland, Samuel, -1800

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Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...

James Fordyce, 1720-1796

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J. (John) Nourse.

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Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832

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Sir James Mackintosh, Irish political writer and politician. From the description of Sir James Mackintosh manuscript material : 15 items, 1799-1825 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 654853220 From the guide to the Sir James Mackintosh manuscript material : 18 items, 1799-1826, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Desc...

Langton, George

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John Hawkesworth, 1715? -1773

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Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1719-1789

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John Dryden.

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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1790

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Hodgetts, Thomas

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Read, Catherine, 1723-1778

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Isaac Hawkins Browne, 1705-1760

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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

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Private secretary to the British prime minister Rockingham who opposed British policies in America. From the description of ALS, 1775 January 12 : Westminister, to the Marquis of Rockingham. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283720 English statesman and orator. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p.], to Sir Peter Burrell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858706 From the description of Autogr...

Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745

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Mrs. (Harriot) Bouverie

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Reading, Burnet

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Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857

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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. [Edward] Young, 1749 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617487 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sheridan, 1758 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617492 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to "Madam" [Frances Grainger], 1748 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617481 From the description of Autograph lette...

Mrs. (Catherine) Clive

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Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784

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Lackington, Allen and Co.

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Josiah Tucker, 1712-1799

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John? Chapman

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Moore, John, 1729-1802

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English physician and writer. From the description of Letter, 1797 : [England]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35203586 Scottish doctor and writer. From the description of ALS : London, to Robert Burns, 1791 Mar. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165796 ...

Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839

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Coxe, William, 1747-1828

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William Coxe, English historian and clergyman. From the description of William Coxe manuscript material : 2 items, 1793-1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 132680523 From the guide to the William Coxe manuscript material : 2 items, 1793-1821, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Smith, John Thomas, 1879-1947

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J. Walker

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Opie, John

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00000e ...

Davies, William, 1970-

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c1 Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c2 Epithet: of Add MS 34778 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001c4 ...

William Ridley

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Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834

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Scottish biographer, editor and misc. writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London] to [Sylvanus] Urban [pseud. of John Nichols], 1816 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623018 Alexander Chalmers, Scottish biographer and literary editor. In addition to serving as editor of the Morning Herald and producing various editions of the works of great authors, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812-1817), to which he contribut...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Hudson, Thomas

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Epithet: son of B Hudson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000342 Epithet: Town Clerk of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000343 Epithet: grocer and songwriter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000341 ...

Condé, Pierre

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Edmund Malone

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Peter Pindar, 1738-1819

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S. Rawle

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Soame Jenyns, 1704-1787

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Pickering, William

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 2442 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x0000e1 Epithet: corn merchant, of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x0000da ...

Isaac Cruikshank

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R. Clamp

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Edmund Burke, 1729-1797

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David Hume, 1711-1776

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Warren, Ambrose William, 1781?-1856

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Harlow, George Henry, 1787-1819

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Thomas Davies, ca. 1712-1785

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Ellis, William A. (William Albert)

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Epithet: writer on agriculture British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000229 Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000224 Epithet: of Add Ch 54669 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00021d Epithet: Secretar...

Ramsay, Allan, 1953-....

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Allan Ramsay was a native of Leadhills, Lanarkshire. He came to Edinburgh in 1700 to start an apprenticeship with a wigmaker. He became absorbed in literature however and became a bookseller with businesses in Niddry's Wynd and in the High Street of Edinburgh. In 1725 he established a circulating library, probably one of the earliest in Britain. In 1736 he opened a theatre in Carruber's Close but this was closed by the city's authorities. Ramsay published his first poems in 1721 and a second col...

James Boswell, 1740-1795

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W. Walker

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Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

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Northcote, James, 1746-1831

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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...

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...

George Colman, 1762-1836

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Gray's Inn

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Simpkin and Marshall

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Elizabeth Pennington

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Schiavonetti, Niccoló

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Skelton, William, 1763-1848

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Epithet: formerly trumpeter, 19th Light Dragoons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001a5 ...

J. G. Walker

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Mary Knowles, 1733-1807

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Charles Catton

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Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811

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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a pl...

Cardon, Anthony

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T. A. Dean

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Vernor, Hood and Sharpe

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William Hayley, 1745-1820

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Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...

Sir Richard Arkwright, 1732-1792

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6110fv2 (person)

Richard Owen Cambridge, 1717-1802

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Pietro Aretino.

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Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875

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English painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1828-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83101655 ...

Pembroke College (University of Oxford)

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Richard Warren

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Behnes, William, 1794-1864

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : London, to Mrs. Smith, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875629 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0001e4 ...

William Scott, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836

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Joachim Smith

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Harding, Edward

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Thomas Cadell

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Abbott, Lemuel Francis (British painter, ca.1760-1803)

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Vernor and Hood

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Dilly, Charles

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J. Scott

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Miers and Field

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Henry Colburn

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J. B. (John Bowyer) Nichols

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Samuel Collings

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John Home?

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Mackenzie

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Epithet: widow of Colonel Mackenzie British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x0003cc ...

Stockdale, Percival, 1736-1811

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Stockdale was a British author. Porter was a British novelist. From the description of Letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581299 Percival Stockdale was a British author. Jane Porter was a British novelist. From the guide to the Percival Stockdale letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Ozias Humphry.

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William Warburton.

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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...

Sir Everard Fawkener

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William Coxe, 1747-1828

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James Macpherson, 1736-1796

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Johann? Zoffany

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Bruce, James, 1730-1794

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James Bruce (1730-94) was a great African traveller. He was educated for the legal profession, but in the course of a visit to Spain and a study of the manuscripts of the Escurial he developed a taste for oriental and especially Ethiopian literature. He was consul at Algiers in 1763-5, and from 1765 to 1773 led a roving life in Ethiopia and Upper Egypt. From 1774, until his death in 1794, he lived chiefly in Scotland. His Travels to discover the source of the Nile was first published in 1790. Se...

John Nichols, 1745-1826

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James Harris, 1709-1780

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Colman, George, 1732-1794

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The Spanish barber was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 30 Aug. 1777. From the description of The Spanish barber : or the fruitless precaution, a comic opera / by George Colman : manuscript, [ca. 1777]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612774129 Colman was an English dramatist; his son, George Colman the younger, was also an English dramatist. From the description of Correspondence with Bow Street magistrates, 1773-1823. (Harvard Uni...

Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of Boufflers

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John Milton, 1608-1674

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Kearsley, George

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Charles Churchill, 1731-1764

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John Nichols

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Cadell, Thomas

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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...

Thomas Weston

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Thomas Davies

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Gilbert, Stuart.

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David Loggan?

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Fordyce, James, 1720-1796

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Presbyterian divine. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Edgware Road, to [Thomas] Cadell, 1783 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606104 From the description of Appearance and simplicity: a contrast : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript poem unsigned, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269604321 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Cockburne, Wednesday night [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469981 ...

Edward Young, 1683-1765

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Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812

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Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...

Edward Cave, 1691-1754

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William Upcott.

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Rev. J. A. Knight

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Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865

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Thomas Pettigrew, antiquarian and Librarian to the Duke of Sussex, was active in a number of British learned societies, including the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquarians. He was the author of History of Egyptian Mummies (1834) and Chronicles of the Tombs (1857), as well as of a memoir of the life of Lord Nelson. From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1815-1863. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 70064103 From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1797-1865. (...

Ozias Humphry, 1742-1810

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Wivell, Abraham, 1786-1849

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Castle St. East [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586886 ...

Knowles, Mary, 1733-1807

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Mary Knowles, a Quaker author, wrote an account of her dialogue with Samuel Johnson. From the description of AL, 1783 : [England] to Mrs. Bradney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 52891590 ...

Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794

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Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836

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Joseph Addison.

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Drummond, Samuel, 1763?-1844

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Painter. From the description of Autograph sketch of a letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129863 From the description of Printed prospectus of disposal of Samuel Drummond's painting, Death of Lord Nelson. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129928 From the description of Autograph insertions to form : to James Goding. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129625 ...

Edward Capell, 1713-1781

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Schnebbelie, Robert Bremmel, -approximately 1849

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John Goldar

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Richard Greene, 1716-1793

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Richardson, William, 1918-

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000366 Epithet: of Add MS 46924 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000371 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00036a Epithet: DD Rector of Moy Bri...

Steevens, George, 1736-1800

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English commentator on Shakespear. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Hampstead Heath, to Dr. Lort, 1783 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579166 Written during the Gordon Riots, a week of unrest in London sparked by the government's increased tolerance of Roman Catholics. From the description of Letter, 1780 June 9, Hampstead Heath, to an unnamed correspondent. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445428 English commen...

Magdalen Hospital.

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Richard Brocklesby, 1722-1797

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John? Downman

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Bindon, Francis, approximately 1690-1765

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William Faithorne, 1616-1691

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Picart, Charles

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Samuel? Freeman

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G. Cooper

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Hawkins, John, 1719-1789

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English music historian, antiquarian, and attorney. From the description of Letter signed, with an autograph postscript, dated : [n.p., London?] Feb. 16 1782, to Mr. [John] Langshaw, organist in Lancaster, 1782 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665512 Epithet: writer on music history British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00009b ...

Joseph Cradock, 1742-1826

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Seward, Anna, 1742-1809

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English poet. From the description of Conclusion of an autograph letter signed with postscript : Lichfield, to Robert Fellowes, [1804] Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664731 Anna Seward was born in Eyam, Derbyshire, and resided in Lichfield, England from age thirteen until her death. In addition to her career as a poet, she carried on a voluminous correspondence with many literary figures. From the description of Papers, 1781-1807. (Harvard University)...

Jonathan Richardson, 1694-1771

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Marino Bovi

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Mr. Newton.

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Hollis, George

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Epithet: attorney, of Winchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x0001c3 ...

Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806

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Elizabeth Carter, English poet, translator, and miscellaneous writer.She began publishing poems in the Gentleman's Magazine in the 1730's and her Poems on Particular Occasions was published in 1738. Carter was the first to translate the complete works of the Greek philosopher Epictetus (1758), and her Poems on Several Occasions (1762) was very popular....

Sharpe, John, 1769-1859

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Epithet: brewer, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002c Epithet: formerly Chaplain to the Queen's forces in New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002d ...

Thomas Percy, 1729-1811

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Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6721jxs (person)

J. (John) Wright, 1770? -1844

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Edwards, William Camden, 1777-1855

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Sir Alexander Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Slate.

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James Wills

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James? Thomson

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Knight, Charles, 1946-

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Epithet: author and publisher; of Add MS 46632 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00039f Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0003e3 ...

Trotter, Thomas, 1965-

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Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000371 Epithet: Major-General; of the Irish Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000373 ...

J. & C. Walker

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Mr. Baker

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Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821

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English divine and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1792 April 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595409 ...

Neagle, James

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William? Evans

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Arthur Murphy, 1727-1805

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Penny, Edward, 1714-1791

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n68w85 (person)

Epithet: Curate of Sellinge, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x00018e ...

Alexander Chalmers, 1759-1834

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Alexander Chalmers (1759-1834) was a biographer and miscellaneous writer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Notebooks of Alexander Chalmers, 1810, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

Harrison & Co.

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Hugh Kelly, 1739-1777

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G. P. (George Perfect) Harding

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David, Garrick, 1717-1779

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Harry Rowe).

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Smith, Anker, 1759-1819

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000122 Engraver. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1787 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664596 ...

Thomas Rowlandson

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William Davies

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Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807

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Epithet: of Add MS 36059 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x00006b English Shakespearean editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy?) : Staple Inn, to [Mr. Sherlock], [1779] July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616522 Epithet: editor of Shakespeare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10...

Charles John Smith

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Philip Audinet

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Samuel Parr, 1747-1825

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Davies, Thomas, ca. 1712-1785

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Jones and Co.

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Evans, William, 1798-1877

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Epithet: drysalter, of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000052 Epithet: Rector of Stour British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000059 Epithet: Secretary to African Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x00005a ...

Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761

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John, King

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T. Blood

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More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...

Society of antiquaries of London

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Campana was an Italian classical archeologist. From the description of Certificate of membership as fellow of the Society issued to Giampietro Campana, marchese di Cavelli : manuscript, 1855. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612845258 ...

Hawkins, Laetitia Matilda, 1760-1835

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Novelist. Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, born 1760, was the daughter of Johnsonian biographer and music historian Sir John Hawkins, was a novelist and memoirist. She died in 1835. From the description of Letter, 1806. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50683361 ...

Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh0kp8 (person)

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...

Strahan, George, 1744-1824

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1769 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561366 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to [William] Hoare, [1773]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570722 English artist. From the descriptio...

Richardson, Samuel

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00032d Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00023c Epithet: of Wellingborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00032f...

Steevens, George

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Epithet: of Add MS 20082 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000036 Epithet: of Add MS 33786 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000037 Epithet: Shakespearean scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

W. Read

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Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807

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Frances Reynolds (1729-1807) was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste (1789), and the sister of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She was also a friend of Samuel Johnson from ca. 1756 until his death in 1784. From the guide to the Frances Reynolds papers, 1774-1800 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Frances Reynolds was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste...

William Hoare

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Olive, Thomas

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Bicknell, Alexander

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Harding, Sylvester

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Wise, Francis, 1695-1767

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George Steevens

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Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789

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Garrick, George

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James Beattie, 1735-1803

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James Beattie, MA Marischal College, 1753, LLD King's College, 1770, DCL Oxford, 1773, was Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Marischal College from 1760 until his death on 18 Aug 1803. He was a contemporary and friend of notable Aberdeen philosophers, Thomas Reid, George Campbell, John Gregory and Alexander Gerard, and an elected member of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society from 1761 until its demise in 1773. His Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770), written...

Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788

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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...

Sewell, John

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Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 40359 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x00021e Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000137 Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 38272 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Sir Isaac Newton

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Roubiliac, Louis François (English sculptor, 1695-1762)

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Epithet: Sculptor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x000031 ...

John Murray, 1778-1843

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Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "your Royal Highness", 1810 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610478 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Mortimer St. [London], to Mr. Minasi, 1809 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609692 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to General Poulett, 1804 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610477 From the descriptio...

Charles Bestland?

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Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785

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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0000f3 ...

Freeman, Samuel

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Epithet: of Add MS 38730 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000016 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000015 ...

Hayley, William, 1745-1820

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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...

Cook, Thomas

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Epithet: alias derman of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00032e Epithet: Smuggler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0000c9 Epithet: late of Codnor, yeoman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000978.0x000076 Epithet: of Add ...

E. Stalker

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Kyte, Francis

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000021 ...

Sir Godfrey Kneller

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Longman, Thomas

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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 ...

Robert? Cooper

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Basire, James

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Epithet: the third, engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x00009c ...

Hannah More, 1745-1833

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B. (Benjamin) Cole

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn6d2g (person)

Dugald Stewart, 1753-1828

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Sarah Fielding.

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Richard Cumberland, 1732-1811

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c09xwg (person)

Asperne, James

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m186jf (person)

Francis Wise

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Robinson, George

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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 ...

Sir John Hawkins, 1719-1789

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd6qp3 (person)

Cradock, Thomas

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Epithet: vicar of Tong British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0002df ...

N. Hart

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William Cowper, 1731-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr6f4m (person)

James, Barry

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Joseph Highmore

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J. Joseph John Jenkins

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J. John Thomas? Smith

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Shury, James

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Walmsley, Gilbert

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Anna Seward, 1742-1809

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Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804

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Sarah Siddons, 1755-1831

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Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718

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D. Mackay

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Thomson, Henry

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Epithet: of Add MS 12497 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019c Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019f ...

Bennet Langton, 1737-1801

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Bohn, John L., 1867-1955

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E. Edward Francis Finden

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Edward Cave

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William Shenstone, 1714-1763

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Delaunay, Nicolas

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Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826

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Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530598 ...

Warburton, William, 1698-1779

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc8b7m (person)

Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...

Francis Wingrave

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f4439 (person)

Beugo, Alexander

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Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765-1810

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c55s6 (person)

Italian engraver in England. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Brompton, to unidentified recipients, 1806 Sept. 27 and 1808 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634648 ...

J. K. (John Keyse) Sherwin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k20nz6 (person)

James? Hulett

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr3wf6 (person)

E. Bocquet

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv61zf (person)

Richard Farmer, 1735-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz111s (person)

Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825

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Samuel Parr was a Latin scholar and schoolmaster, educated at Cambridge. He served as perpetual curate in Warwickshire and during that time established a school in Stanmore, served as headmaster of Colchester and Norwich Schools, wrote essays and sermons with strong and often controversial leanings, and amassed a library of more than 10,000 books. He was a friend of Joseph Priestley and wrote the Latin epitaph for Samuel Johnson in St. Paul's. From the description of Samuel Parr lett...

Thomas? Hickey

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Charles James Smith

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz1xx6 (person)

W. H. (William Home) Lizars

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63d0215 (person)

Trinity College (University of Oxford)

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William Cole, 1714-1782

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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815

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Bartolozzi, an Italian engraver, came to England in 1764, appointed engraver to the English king and was one of the original members of the British Royal Academy. From the description of I.Russell Ld., Privy Seal : with one ey[e] / From the original drawing by Hans Holbein : engraving. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863350 Italian painter and engraver. From the description of Letter : to his son, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81666694 ...

Cooper, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 32946 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026c Epithet: Reverend; of Kavanagh Park British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000270 Epithet: of Sloane MS 796 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026f Epithet: of...

Longman & Co.

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Clint, George, 1770-1854

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 83 Gower St., to Geo Winston, Esqr., 1832 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904132 ...

Mr. Griffin

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Thomas Trotter

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f04pb4 (person)

Robert Grave Graves?

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David Garrick

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn2m39 (person)

Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751

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Edmund Hector, 1708-1794

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Warren, Pelham, 1778-1835?

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Edward Harding

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c9vf4 (person)

Clover, Joseph, 1779-1853

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Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767

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James Northcote, 1746-1831

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Vicesimus Knox, 1752-1821

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Henry Thrale

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k7kzv (person)

Callcott, John Wall, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0000b0 ...

Rodd, Thomas

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Epithet: senior; Bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000370 Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x0002fc Epithet: bookseller; of Egerton MS 3088 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10...

George Strahan

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Hall, John, of Richmond

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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00022a Epithet: schoolmaster, of Cambuslang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000233 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 6171 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000225 The John Ha...

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

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Title: 1st Baron Lyndhurst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000394 ...

George Steevens, 1736-1800

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Richard Savage

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T. (Thomas) Cadell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r9619 (person)

Charles Burney, 1757-1817

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kj42qc (person)

Susanna Highmore Duncombe

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Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840

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Epithet: Engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000313 ...

Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c5316 (person)

Joseph Warton was an influential author and critic, a literary radical who encouraged the use of imagination and eschewed traditional verse forms in his criticism and his own writing. Warton was born in Surrey, and educated at Oxford University, where he developed an interest in poetry and imagination; he began publishing verse soon after, and literary essays on figures such as Milton, Shakespeare, and Pope. He taught at Winchester College, eventually becoming master and later headmaster, forcin...

Osborne, Thomas, -1767

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Dawe, George

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Warton, Thomas

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000324 Epithet: author of `The History of English Poetry' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000213 Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000323 Epithet: Reverend; the ...

Oliver Goldsmith, 1730? -1774

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Browne, Isaac Hawkins the younger 1745-1818

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English essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Badger, to George Romney, 1797 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903194 ...

Colson, John, 1680-1760

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Epithet: Reverend; FRS; mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x0000e2 ...

James Boswell

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Edmond Malone, 1741-1812

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d06rv4 (person)

Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841

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Hugh Kelly.

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Wale, Samuel

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Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf0374 (person)

Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...

William Seward, 1747-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj04s0 (person)

Boswell, James Griffin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb89bn (person)

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 ...

H. (Henry) Corbould

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6848d2k (person)

Joseph Warton, 1722-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq5rx2 (person)

William Warburton, 1698-1779

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f89rtw (person)

Fisher, Son, & Co.

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Henry Thrale, 1728-1781

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Elizabeth Carter, 1717-1806

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64884k4 (person)

John Jackson, 1778-1831

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William Windham, 1750-1810

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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...

Pasquale Paoli, 1725-1807

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Hoare, William, 1706-1799

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Topham Beauclerk, 1739-1780

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H. Henry Hoppner Meyer

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David Stewart Erskine, Earl of Buchan

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Wright, Joseph, 1855-1930

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Thomas Warton, 1728-1790

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Bovi, Marino

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Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806

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Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck

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C. Charles John Smith

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Bartolozzi, Gaetano Stefano, 1757-1821

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Frances Brooke, 1724? -1789

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G. W. Hutin

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abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François) Raynal, 1713-1796

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W. (William) Finden

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William Dodd, 1729-1777

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J. Hardy

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Sir Thomas Lawrence

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Sir William Beechey

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John Buckler

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Colburn, Henry

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Anna Williams, 1706-1783

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