BIB_ID
379774
Accession number
MA 981.51
Creator
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1775 May 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1906.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
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.
Provenance
Major William Stone; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1906.
Summary
Reporting that he and [Samuel] Johnson are at "Mr. [Henry] Thrale's Villa at Streatham, a delightful spot"; discussing his various visits, dinners, and engagements in London; describing a visit to [Topham] Beauclerk's villa.
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