Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1773 June 22.

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to the Rev. John Taylor, 1773 June 22.

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Describing his recent illness and troubles with his eyesight; asking after Taylor's health; questioning Taylor about his doctor's advice and suggesting that he write to other doctors about his case.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Taylor, John, 1711-1788

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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...