Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to [William Johnson] Temple, 1775 Apr. 17.

BIB_ID
379758
Accession number
MA 981.49
Creator
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1775 Apr. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Reverend / Mr. Temple."
Part of a large collection of letters from James Boswell to William Johnson Temple and related correspondence. Letters have been described in individual records; see MA 981 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
Major William Stone; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1906.
Summary
Writing that he is "enjoying this Metropolis to the full"; mentioning a dinner he plans to attend "at Richard Owen Cambridge's where are to be [Sir Joshua] Reynolds[, Samuel] Johnson and Hermes [James] Harris"; reporting that he and General [Pasquale] Paoli are going to Wilton on Wednesday; discussing his plans to visit Temple.