BIB_ID
379758
Accession number
MA 981.49
Creator
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1775 Apr. 17.
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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.
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.
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