BIB_ID
104367
Accession number
MA 204.17
Creator
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Display Date
1784 Aug. 28.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
At the top of the first page, Fanny Burney has written: "only preserved for autography of Dr. J."
From "Fanny Burney's Album."
Part of a collection of letters related to Samuel Johnson. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 204 for more information.
The work for which Johnson here submits suggestions was Burney's "An Account of the Musical Performances...in Commemoration of Handel." Burney dictated it to the King and in his Dedication used much of the paragraph here offered by Johnson.
From "Fanny Burney's Album."
Part of a collection of letters related to Samuel Johnson. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 204 for more information.
The work for which Johnson here submits suggestions was Burney's "An Account of the Musical Performances...in Commemoration of Handel." Burney dictated it to the King and in his Dedication used much of the paragraph here offered by Johnson.
Provenance
Fanny Burney.
Summary
Offering, in response to a request from Burney, a paragraph for insertion in an unnamed work on music being prepared by the writer.
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