Letters to Samuel Johnson from Various Correspondents

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 537
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1769-1778
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • various sizes. 1 volume (8 items);

Scope and Content

Letters to Dr Samuel Johnson from various correspondents. There are two letters from Charlotte Lennox and one each from Henry Bright, John Burton, Thomas Davies and S.J.C. Pratt. In the same volume are an account for coals bought of Henry Thrale by Mr Johnson, dated 15 January 1771, and an unaddressed letter from William Strahan.

See J.D. Wright, Some unpublished letters to and from Dr Johnson, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 16 (1932), pp. 32-76.