BIB_ID
104755
Accession number
MA 204.19
Creator
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Display Date
1783 Nov. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897 or 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Accompanied by notes by G. B. Hill about the letter.
Docketed.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Docketed.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897 or 1900.
Summary
Recommending exercise and milk for Taylor's health; advising him about what foods to eat; stressing that he must "let nothing fret" him; asking him to write with details of what he eats and drinks and how he rests.
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