Letters from Hester Lynch Thrale to Samuel Johnson (unpublished)

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Scope and Content

Original letters to Samuel Johnson not published by HLP. All are from HLP, with the following exceptions: part of number 3 is a note from Henry Thrale; number 4 is from Henry Thrale; numbers 8 and 68 are from Hester Maria Thrale (Queeney); and number 11 is from Hester Maria Salusbury (HLP's mother). Several letters have been dated by Samuel Johnson. A number have been franked by Henry Thrale. As follows:

  • Volume 1 (Eng MS 539), numbers 1-55, 1771-1776;
  • Volume 2 (Eng MS 540), numbers 56-110, 1776-1784.