James Boswell manuscripts, 1772-1795.

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James Boswell manuscripts, 1772-1795.

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This collection consists of items in Boswell's hand, other than his letters (cataloged separately as MS Hyde 2). Highlights include notes, drafts, and proofs of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (including a complete set of second page proofs); Boswell's response to Hester Lynch Piozzi's published comments on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides; a detailed book of visitors kept by Boswell at Auchinleck from 1782 to 1795; the manuscript and page proofs of A Letter to the People of Scotland on the Alarming Attempt to Infringe the Articles of the Union; a volume of collected anecdotes and aphorisms titled Boswelliana; and three diary fragments. It also includes an annotated letter from Sir David Dalrymple; Boswell's grant to his daughter Veronica; notes on the Boswell family history; a book proposal Boswell penned for Charlotte Lennox; Boswell's notes on a legal case concerning guild membership and freeman status in Carlisle; and Boswell's transcript of an early manuscript of the Ballad of Chevy Chase.

1 box and 18 volumes (1.6 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801517

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Boswell family.

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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...

Boswell, Veronica, 1773-1795,

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Lennox, Charlotte, ca 1729-1804

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fc Epithet: wife of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fd Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fa ...

Heath, James, 1757-1834

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Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792

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Scottish judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to [Thomas] Percy, 1781 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526003 From the description of Autograph report signed : Newhailes near Edinburgh, to an unidentified Lord, 1783 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to an unidentified correspondent, 1790 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525977 ...

Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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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...

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...