ALS, [n.d., "Wednesday night"] : Bath, [England], to Revd. Doctor Randolph.

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ALS, [n.d., "Wednesday night"] : Bath, [England], to Revd. Doctor Randolph.

Authoress and friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Piozzi (better known as Mrs. Thrale) here asks Randolph for an account of the "Indian Sudara" saying "Tis a sort of demi God who inhabits the River in the form of a Crocodile and the people fancy him a half Brother ..."

1 1/2 p. ; 23.5 x 18.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6935712

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...

Thrale, Henry Mrs.

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