Autograph letter in third person : London, to Thomas Cadell, Saturday, 1785 Feb. 26.

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Autograph letter in third person : London, to Thomas Cadell, Saturday, 1785 Feb. 26.

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Saying that he has saved [from destruction when his house burned on the 23d] a box containing Dr. Johnson's papers and manuscripts, and all that was already written of the life [of Dr. Johnson].

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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