BIB_ID
379755
Accession number
MA 981.47
Creator
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1775 Mar. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1906.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 31.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. / Mr. Temple."
Endorsed.
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 trace of a seal.
Endorsed.
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 trace of a seal.
Provenance
Major William Stone; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1906.
Summary
Discussing Temple's comments on [Samuel] Johnson's Journey; commenting on his journey to London and telling him that they are currently visiting the Reverend Mr. [Richard] Palmer in Grantham; giving his opinion of "American affairs"; mentioning his intention to visit Temple at Mamhead; noting that he is "still very unhappy with [his] father": "We are so totally different that a good understanding is scarcely possible. He looks on my going to London just now as an expedition, -- as idle & extravagant; when in reality, it is highly improving to me considering the company which I enjoy, & I think it is also for my interest as in time, I may get something"; remarking, "How happy should I [be] to get an independency by my own influence while my Father is alive."
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