BIB_ID
126005
Accession number
MA 204.24
Creator
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Display Date
[undated, but probably ca. 1773].
Credit line
Probably acquired by Pierpont Morgan or J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1922 or earlier.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 3.2 x 11 cm
Notes
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.
Pasted to a sheet of paper (possibly by William Upcott) with another note in Johnson's hand and a printed advertisement for his Dictionary.
Removed from Herbert Paul's Queen Anne (Paris: Goupil, 1906), v. 2, p. 113; probably added to this volume of Johnson letters ca. 1922.
With an inscription by William Upcott explaining the contents of the letter.
Pasted to a sheet of paper (possibly by William Upcott) with another note in Johnson's hand and a printed advertisement for his Dictionary.
Removed from Herbert Paul's Queen Anne (Paris: Goupil, 1906), v. 2, p. 113; probably added to this volume of Johnson letters ca. 1922.
With an inscription by William Upcott explaining the contents of the letter.
Summary
"Dearest Madam -- Last night we chose Mr. Vesey an Irish Member of Parliament into the club."
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