Collection of letters and documents related to Samuel Johnson : London, etc., to various recipients, 1736 Oct. 30-1784 Nov. 1.

The collection includes 18 autograph letters signed from Johnson to recipients including the Rev. John Taylor (6 letters: MA 204.1-2, 13-14, 19, 21), Robert Dodsley (MA 204.3), Samuel Richardson (MA 1009), Rev. Warton (MA 204.7), Lucy Porter (MA 204.11), William Strahan (MA 204.12), James Burney (MA 204.15), Hester Thrale (MA 204.16), Charles Burney (MA 204.17), Fanny Burney (MA 204.18), William Adams (MA 204.20), and two unidentified recipients (MA 204.4 and 10). The collection also includes a copy of a letter said to be from Johnson to Miss Graves (MA 204.6); an autograph quotation in Johnson's hand (MA 204.8); an autograph letter signed from Charlotte Lennox to Samuel Richardson (MA 204.5; formerly miscataloged with Samuel Johnson as the recipient); an autograph memorandum related to Johnson's Rambler (MA 204.22); an autograph note from Johnson (MA 204.23); a fragment of an autograph letter from Johnson (MA 204.24); and a printed advertisement for the first edition of Johnson's Dictionary (MA 204.25). Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 204.1-25).