Transcribed by T.R. Glover, 100 folios. A copy, line for line and page for page, of a diary kept by John Johnson of the dreams, voices and notices of William Cowper, 15 November 1797 - 23 April 1799: (fo. i) explanatory note by the transcriber; (fo. ii) C. Sayle, an additional note, 22 June 1917; (fo. 1) text.
John Johnson: Pro et Contra
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- GB 12 MS Add.5993
- Dates of Creation
- 1917 (Circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume
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Presented by T.R. Glover, 1917.
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Bibliography
For an account of the transcript see H.N. Fairchild, 'Additional notes on John Johnson's diary', in Proceedings of the Modern Language Association of America, 43 (1928), pp. 571-572.