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- 0. Birmingham. Witsuntide 1719. To Johnson's mother at Lichfield.
- 1. Lichfield. Sa. 30 Oct. '31. Gregory Hickman. Adam.—Exchange Herald: Aston's Manchester Commercial Advertiser 18 May 1813; GM 1813, ii. 18.
- 1.1. Market-Bosworth. ('31 or '32.) Edmund Hector.
- 2. Lichfield. Th. 27 July '32. John Taylor. Address: To Mr Taylor Present. Adam.—Known to Hill only from a reference in Malone's Boswell 1807, i. 58.
- 2.1. W. 18 Sept. '34.
- 3. Lichfield. M. 25 Nov. '34. Edward Cave. Address: To Mr Cave at St John's Gate London. Postmark: 27 NO. Adam.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 3; Boswell 1791, i. 41 (Hill i. 91).
- 3.1. Lichfield. Su. 18 May '35. Gilbert Repington. Address: To Mr Gilbt Repington
- 3.2. Great Hayward. W. 25 June '35. Richard Congreve. Address: To Richard Congreve. To Mr. Congreve of Ch: Church, Oxford by London
- 3.3. Edial (?) Late '35. Samuel Ford. Not traced.—GM Apr. 1785, 266; Boswell 1791, i. 47 (Hill i. 100).
- 4. Greenwich. Tu. 12 July '37. Edward Cave. Adam.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 4; Boswell 1791, i. 50 (Hill i. 107).
- 5. Castle Street. W. ⟨'38⟩. Edward Cave. Not traced.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 4; Boswell 1791, i. 61 (Hill i. 120).
- 6. Castle Street. M. ⟨'38⟩. Edward Cave. Address: To Mr Cave at St John's Gate. Postmark illegible. Adam.—GM Feb. 1785, i. 99; Boswell 1791, i. 62 (Hill i. 121).
- 7. ⟨April⟩ '38. Edward Cave. Adam.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 5; Boswell 1791, i. 62 (Hill i. 122).
- 8. ⟨'38⟩. Edward Cave. Not traced.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 5; Boswell 1791, i. 63 (Hill i. 123).
- 9. W. ⟨'38⟩. Edward Cave. Address: To Mr Cave at St John's Gate London. Adam.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 5; Boswell 1791, i. 70 (Hill i. 136).
- 10. ⟨'38⟩. Edward Cave. Address: To Mr Cave. Earl of Rosebery.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 6; Boswell 1791, i. 71 (Hill i. 137).
- 11. ⟨?'38⟩ Edward Cave. Adam.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 7; Boswell 1791, i. 72 (Hill i. 138).
- 12. Lichfield. Th. 31 Jan. '40. Elizabeth Johnson (London). Address: To Mrs Johnson at Mrs Crow's in Castle Street near Cavendish Square London. Postmark: 4 FE. F. Bemis.—Hill 1892. Facsimile in Hill.
- 13. London. Sa. 31 Jan. '41. Lewis Paul. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 43.
- 14. London. Tu. 31 Mar. '41. Lewis Paul (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Paul in Birmingham. Postmark: 31 MR. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 44.
- 14.1 Sa. 2 Jan. '42. John Taylor. Sotheby 31 March 1875 (not seen). The catalogue records that the subject was Mrs. Johnson's illness.
- 15. ⟨Autumn '43⟩. Edward Cave. Address: To Mr Cave. Adam (see Addenda, p. 427).—Boswell 1791, i. 82 (Hill i. 155).
- 16. ⟨Autumn 1743⟩. Edward Cave. Adam (see Addenda, p. 427).—Boswell 1791, i. 83 (Hill i. 156).
- 17. F. 10 Aug. (misdated June) '42. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Market Bosworth Leicestershire. Postmark: 10 AV. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 303.
- 17.1. Jan. '43.
- 18. Th. 29 Sept. '43. Thomas Birch. Address: To [mutilated] B.M.—GM Jan. 1785; Boswell 1791, i. 86 (Hill i. 160).
- 19. Th. 1 Dec. '43. ⟨Theophilus⟩ Levett (Lichfield). Address: To Mr Levett in Lichfield. Postmark: 1 DE. Fettercairn (see Addenda, p. 427).—Boswell 1791, i. 86 (Hill i. 160).
- 20. Tu. 3 Jan. '44. ⟨Theophilus⟩ Levett (Lichfield). Address: To Mr Levett in Lichfield. G.S. Seymour (Collation by S. C. Roberts).—Hill 1892.
- 21. Sa. ⟨? '46 or '52. John Levett⟩. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 22. ⟨? '46 or '52. John⟩ Levett. Address (mutilated): vett. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 23. Aug. '43. Mr Urban. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—GM Aug. 1743, 416; Boswell 1791, i. 88 (Hill i. 164. Boswell prints it s.a. 1744, which explains Hill's dating it 1744 and misplacing it in Letters).
- 23.1. (?) June '46. Thomas Longman. Address: To Mr Longman Bookseller Paternoster Row. Huntington.—C. J. Longman, A Letter of Dr. Johnson 1928.
- 23.2. (?) June '46. Robert Dodsley. Address: To Mr Dodsley. Adam.—
- 23.3. F. 26 Dec. '46. Robert Dodsley. Address: To Mr Dodsly. Morgan.—
- 24. Th. 20 Apr. '49. James Elphinston. Address: To Mr Elphinston. Johnson House.—Shaw's Memoirs of Johnson 1785, 166; Elphinston, Forty Years' Corresp. 1791, i. 18.
- 25. W. 12 July '49. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 15 Apr. 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 175.
- 26. Sa. ⟨? '46 or '52. John Levett⟩. C. Price (mutilated).—Hill 1892.
- 27. Apr. '50. The Printer of The General Advertiser. Not traced.—Gen. Adv. 4 Apr. 1750; Boswell 1791. i. 124 (Hill i. 227).
- 28. Sa. 12 May '50. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Mr Birch. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785, 7; Boswell 1791, i. 124 (Hill i. 226)
- 29. ⟨'51 or '52⟩. James Elphinston. See below, after .
- 30. Tu. 25 Sept. '50. James Elphinston (Edinburgh) Address (Shaw): To Mr Elphinston. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—Shaw's Memoirs of Johnson 1785, 96; Elphinston, Forty Years' Corresp. 1791, i. 25; Boswell 1791, i. 115 (Hill i. 211).
- 31. Sa. 9 Mar. '51. Samuel Richardson. Morgan.—Corresp. of SR 1804, v. 281.
- 32. Th. 18 Apr. '51. John Newbery. Address (Prior): To Mr Newbery. Not traced.—Prior's Goldsmith 1837, i. 340.
- 32.1. ⟨Su.⟩ 21 July (?) '51. John Levett (Lichfield). Address: To John Levet Esqr in Lichfield. Postmark: 21 IY. Adam.—R viii. 105.
- 33. M. 29 July '51. John Newbery. Address (Prior): To Mr Newbery. Not traced.—Prior's Goldsmith 1837, i. 341.
- 34. Sa. 24 Aug. '51. John Newbery. Not traced.—Prior's Goldsmith 1837, i. 341.
- 35. F. 1 Nov. '51. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 36. Tu. 10 Dec. '51. ⟨Earl of Orrery⟩. Sotheby 10 May 1875 (not seen). Known to Hill only from quotation in Sotheby catalogue.—
- 29. ⟨'51 or '52⟩. James Elphinston. A. H. Hallam Murray.—Shaw's Memoirs of Johnson 1785, 91; Elphinston, Forty Years' Corresp. 1791, i. 34; Boswell 1791, i. 114 (Hill i. 210); misplaced by Boswell before 30. See Addenda, p. 428.
- 37. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan. Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxv.
- 38. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan. Adam.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxv.
- 39. William Strahan. Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxvi.
- 40. Tu. 17 Mar. '52. John Levett (Lichfield). Address: To — Levett Esqr in Lichfield. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 41. Tu. 17 Mar. '52. John Taylor. Lost. Known to Boswell (1791, i. 129; Hill i. 238) from Taylor's description.
- 42. W. 18 Mar. '52. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: The Revd Dr Taylor. Loyd.—Taylor's Letter to Samuel Johnson 1787, 19; Boswell 1791, i. 129 (Hill i. 238).
- 42.1. Th. 9 July '52. Earl of Orrery (Marston,1 Somerset). Earl of Cork and Orrery (not seen).—Orrery Papers 1903, ii. 111.
- 42.2. Su. 26 July '52. ⟨John Levett⟩. Adam.—
- 43. W. 4 Nov. '52. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Reverend Mr Birch. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 44. ⟨? W⟩ 11 July ⟨? '53⟩. Andrew Millar. Address: To Mr Millar. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 45. Sa. 20 Jan. ⟨'53⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Reverend Mr Birch. B.M. Endorsed '20 Jan. 1753'.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 46. Th. 8 Mar. '53. Joseph Warton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 136 (Hill i. 253).
- 47. ⟨? Th⟩ 22 Mar. ⟨? '53⟩. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan. Adam.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxi.
- 48. Th. 17 Apr. ⟨'53⟩. Samuel Richardson. Address: To Mr Richardson. Fleming Crooks.—Warner, Original Letters 1817, 209 (dated 17 May); Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 275 (communicated by Harwood; dated 17 May 1755).
- 49. W. 26 Sept. '53. Samuel Richardson. Address: To Mr Richardson. Huntington.—Corresp. of S.R. 1804, v. 283 (imperfect).
- 49.1. Th. ⟨?Dec. '53⟩. ⟨Samuel Richardson.⟩ Adam (defective).—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 435.
- 49.2. ⟨? Dec. '53⟩. Samuel Richardson. Address: to Mr Richardson. Hodgson Jan. 1927.—Endorsed (by SR?) 'Mr Johnson on some of the first of Sir Charles Grandison'.
- 49.3. ⟨? late in '53.⟩ Hill Boothby. Not traced; quoted in HB's letter to J dated Tissington, Dec. 29, 1753.—Annals 1805, 42.
- 50. ⟨Jan. '54⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Dr Birch. (Endorsed 'January, 1754'.) B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 51. F. 8 Mar. '54. Joseph Warton. Not traced.—Wooll's Warton, 1806, 219.
- 51.1. Th. 28 Mar. '54. Samuel Richardson. F. Bemis.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 436. Not dated, but endorsed 'Mr Johnson and Miss W.'s Plan. 28 March 1754'.
- 52. (? Oxford) ⟨? late July or Aug. '54⟩. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan. Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxvii.
- 53. Tu. 16 July '54. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Rev'd Mr Warton of Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 16 IY. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 146 (Hill i. 270).
- 54. Th. 21 Nov. '54. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers at Lincoln College Oxford. Postmark: 21 NO. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 149 (Hill i. 274).
- 55. Th. 28 Nov. '54. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton at Trin: Coll: Oxford. Postmark: 28 NO. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 150 (Hill i. 275).
- 56. Sa. 21 Dec. '54. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trinity Oxon. Postmark: 21 DE. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 151 (Hill i. 276).
- 57. Tu. 24 Dec. '54. Joseph Warton. Not traced.—Wooll's Warton 1806, 229.
- 57.1. W. 1 Jan. '55. Mrs. Galway. Address: To Mrs Galway. Adam.—
- 58. Sa. 1 Feb. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Trinity.—GM Apr. 1785, i. 267; Boswell 1791, i. 152 (Hill i. 278). Misdated 4 Feb. in Boswell 1793, &c.
- 58.1. M. 3 Feb. '55. Samuel Richardson. Huntington.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 438.
- 59. Tu. 4 Feb. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 4 FE. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 152 (Hill i. 278).
- 60. Th. 13 Feb. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton at Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 13 FE. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 153 (Hill i. 279).
- 61. F. 7 Feb. '55. Earl of Chesterfield. Original not traced. See App. E. The copy dictated to Baretti (with corrections in J's hand), and given by J to Langton, is in the B.M. The copy dictated to Boswell in 1781 is not traced.—Boswell 1790, The Celebrated Letter, &c.; 1791, i. 141 (Hill i. 261).
- 62. ⟨Tu. 25 Feb. '55⟩. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trin: College Oxford. Postmark: 25 FE. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 154 (Hill i. 279).
- 63. W. 26 Feb. '55. George Huddesford (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Dr Huddesford. See Addenda, p. 428. Adam.—Hawkins 1787, 342; Boswell 1791, i. 155 (Hill i. 282).
- 64. Th. 20 Mar. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton at Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 20 MR. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 156 (Hill i. 282).
- 65. Tu. 25 Mar. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 25 MR. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 156 (Hill i. 283).
- 66. Sa. 29 Mar. ⟨'55⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Dr Birch. B.M. 1755 is added in another hand.—GM Jan. 1785; Boswell 1791, i. 157 (Hill i. 285).
- 67. Tu. 8 Apr. '55. Charles Burney (Lynne Regis). Address (Boswell): To Mr Burney, in Lynne Regis, Norfolk. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 159 (Hill i. 286).
- 68. F. 11 April '55. John Taylor. Address (Hill): To the Revd Dr Taylor. Sotheby 31 Mar. 1875, Christie 5 June 1888, dated 11 Apr. 1753 in both catalogues (not seen).—Hill 1892.
- 69. Tu. 15 Apr. '55. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6 S. iii. 301.
- 70. Tu. 6 May '55. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Junr Esqr at Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 6 MA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 13 (Hill i. 288).
- 71. Tu. 13 May '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trinity College Oxford. Postmark; 13 MA. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 160 (Hill i. 289).
- 71.1. Tu. 13 May '55. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.
- 72. Tu. 10 June '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton of Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 10 IV. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 160 (Hill i. 289).
- 73. Tu. 24 June '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton at Trinity College Oxford. Postmark: 26 IV. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 161 (Hill i. 290).
- 74. Sa. 19 July '55. Charlotte Cotterell. Adam.—1788, No. 361.
- 74.1. Oxford. M. ⟨4 Aug. '55 ?⟩. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers. Adam.—See 75. 1.
- 75. Th. 7 Aug. '55. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton at Trin: College Oxford. Postmark: 7 AV. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 161 (Hill i. 290).
- 75.1. Th. 7 Aug. '55. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers of Lincoln College. Oxford. Postmark: 7 AV. Adam.—
- 75.2. Th. 16 Oct. '55. Richard Congreve (Leacroft). Address: To the Revd Mr Congreve at Leacroft near Lichfield. Postmark: 16 OC. Congreve.—Athenaeum 23 May 1908; Bicentenary of the Birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson 1909, 25.
- 76. Sa ⟨8 Nov. 1755⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Dr Birch. B.M.—The date is completed by another hand.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 77. M. 29 Dec. '55. Lewis Paul (Hammersmith). Address: To Mr Paul. Gabriel Wells 1938.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 100.
- 78. Tu. 30 Dec. '55. Hill Boothby F. L. Pleadwell.—1788, No. 357.
- 79. W. 31 Dec. ⟨'55⟩. Hill Boothby. Bergson.—1788, No. 358.
- 80. Th. 1 Jan. '55 (really '56?). Hill Boothby. Address: To Miss Boothby. Newton.—1788, No. 355; Boswell 1791, ii. 360 (Hill iv. 57).
- 81. Sa. 3 Jan. '55 (really '56?). Hill Boothby. Address: To Miss Boothby. Johnson House.—1788, No. 356.
- 82. Sa. ⟨3 Jan. '56?⟩. Hill Boothby. Address:—To Miss Boothby. Adam.—1788, No. 359.
- 83. Tu. 6 Jan. '56. Lewis Paul (Hammersmith). Address: To Mr Paul at Brook's Green near Hammersmith. Postmark: PENNY POST PAID WE. Birmingham.—Known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 84. Th. 8 Jan. '56. Hill Boothby. Address: To Miss Boothby. Bergson.—1788, No. 360.
- 85. F. 9 Jan. ⟨'56⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Dr Birch. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 86. Tu. 13 Jan. '55 (i.e. '56). Lewis Paul (Hammersmith). Address: To Mr Paul at Brooks Green. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 101.
- 87. W. 14 Jan. '56. Elizabeth Carter. Adam.—Pennington's Memoirs of Mrs. Carter 1807, 27.
- 88. ⟨? Jan. '56⟩. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland. Rylands.—Hill 1892.
- 89. ⟨? Jan. '56⟩. ⟨Richard or William⟩ Cave. Address: To Mr Cave. Not traced.—GM Jan. 1793, i. 19.
- 90. F. ⟨? Th. 19 Feb. '56⟩. ⟨Samuel Richardson⟩. Adam. Endorsed (by S.R.) 'Mr. S. Johnson Arrested Tuesday 19 Febr. 1756'.-Corresp. of S.R. 1804, v. 285.
- 91. W. ⟨? '56⟩. Lewis Paul (Hammersmith). Address: To Mr Paul at Brooks Green Hammersmith. Postmark: illegible. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 101.
- 92. F. 12 Mar. '56. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Paul. Patent Office.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 101.
- 93. ⟨Mar. '56⟩. John Hawkesworth (Bromley). E. Byrne Hackett (1923); mutilated at foot, but it is unlikely that more than a date is missing. Hill records that the letter was enclosed in a letter from JH to Fulke Greville dated Bromley 14 Mar. '56.—Hill 1892.
- 94. Tu. 16 Mar. ⟨'56⟩. Samuel Richardson. Adam. Endorsed by SR 'March 16. 1756. Sent Six Guineas, Witness Wm Richardson'.—GM 1788, 479.
- 95. ⟨Sa. 20 Mar. '56⟩. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Revd Dr Birch. B.M. The date in another hand.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 96. Th. 15 Apr. '56. Joseph Warton. Not traced.—Wooll's Warton 1806, 238.
- 97. Tu. 22 June '56. Thomas Birch. Address: To the Reverend Dr Birch. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 98. Sa. 31 July '56. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Market Bosworth Leicestershire. Postmark: 31 IY. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 304.
- 98.1. Sa. 31 July '56. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers at Lincoln College Oxford. Postmark: 31 IY. Adam.—
- 99. W. 29 Sept. '56. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Paul. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 102. Hill read the date as 25 Sept.
- 99.1. Tu. 28 Sept. '56. To—— A. Houghton.—
- 100. W. ⟨'56?⟩. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Paul. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 102.
- 101. Sa. ⟨? 18 Dec. '56⟩. Lewis Paul. Birmingham. On the verso is written 'To Mr Johnson in Gauf's Square fleet Street.' The date 21 Dec. added at the foot of Johnson's letter may belong to the answer; 21 Dec. 1756 was a Tuesday.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 102.
- 102. ⟨? '56⟩. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Paul. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 102.
- 103. Th. 7 Oct. '56. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6 S. iii. 301.
- 104. F. 8 Oct. '56. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Paul. Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 102.
- 105. ⟨'56⟩. Lewis Paul. Address: To Mr Faul Birmingham.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 103.
- 105.1. Th. 11 Nov. '56. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—
- 106. Th. 18 Nov. '56. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Market Bosworth Leicestershire. Postmark: 18 NO. Loyd. Endorsed by JT: 'The best Letter in the World.'—NQ 6 S. v. 324.
- 106.1. Th. — Nov. '56. To——. Morgan.—
- 107. Sa. 9 Apr. '57. Charles O'Conor. Adam (Copy by Joseph Cooper Walker).—Boswell 1791, i. 177 (Hill 1. 321), from JCW's copy. See Addenda, p. 428.
- 108. Sa. 16 Apr. '57. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Bodleian.—NQ 6 S. iii. 321.
- 109. Tu. 21 June '57. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Mr Warton Professor of Poetry in Oxford. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 177 (Hill i. 322).
- 110 . Tu. 27 June '58. Bennet Langton.
- 111. Th. 27 Oct. '57. ⟨? Thomas Warton⟩. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 108.
- 112. Sa. 24 Dec. '57. Charles Burney (King's Lynn). Address: To Mr Burney at Lynn Norfolk. Newton.—Boswell 1791, i. 178 (Hill i. 323).
- 112.1. F. 10 Feb. '58. Jacob Tonson. Address: To Jacob Tonson Esqr. Lichfield.—Athenaeum 11 Sept. 1909; Bicentenary of the Birth of Samuel Johnson 1909, 30.
- 113. W. 8 Mar. '58. Charles Burney. Address (Boswell): To Mr Burney, at Lynne, Norfolk. (The original, which is complete, has no address; it must have been in a cover.) Owen D. Young.—Boswell 1791, i. 179 (Hill i. 327).
- 113.1. Sa. 8 Apr. '58. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers of Lincoln College Oxford. Postmark illegible. Franked by J. Philipps. Adam.—
- 114. F. 14 Apr. '58. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Mr Warton Professor of Poetry in Oxford. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 183 (Hill i. 335).
- 114.1. F. 14 Apr. '58. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers of Lincoln. This letter and 114 may have been enclosed with the Receipts; this would explain the absence of postmarks. Adam.—
- 115. Th. 1 June '58. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 184 (Hill i. 336).
- 115.1. Th. 1 June '58. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers in Lincoln College. This letter like 115 was doubtless delivered by Baretti. Adam.—
- 110. Tu. 27 June '58. Bennet Langton (Oxford). Address: To Bennet Langton of Trinity College Oxon. Postmark: 29 IV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 618 (dated 27 June 1758), 1799, i. 297 (dated 28 June 1757 but placed s.a. 1758); Hill i. 337.
- 116. Th. 21 Sept. '58. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Esqr at Trinity College Oxon. (Redirected to Langton Near Spilsby Lincolnshire.) Postmarks: 21 SE and illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 619 (Hill i. 338).
- 116.1. Su. 1 Oct. '58. William Drummond (Callendar). Address (Elphinston): To William Drummond, ov Callendar, Esquire. Tregaskis 1925 (Cat. 913); not seen.—Elphinston, Forty Years' Correspondence 1791, i. 58. Elphinston's phonetic spelling is not reproduced.
- 117. Tu. 9 Jan. '58 (i.e. '59). Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Esqr at Langton in Lincolnshire. ('Missent to Lincoln'.) Postmark: 9 IA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 615, 1799, i. 287—misplaced s.a. 1758, as Hill showed (Hill i. 324).
- 118. Sa. 13 Jan. '58 (i.e. '59). Sarah Johnson (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Johnson in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, i. 306. Letters 118–23 and 125 were 'communicated by the Rev. Dr. Vyse'.
- 119. Tu. 16 Jan. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Miss Porter, at Mrs Johnson's in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, i. 307. The date, Malone says, was corrected from 1758 to 1759.
- 120. Tu. 16 Jan. '59. Sarah Johnson (Lichfield). Address: none; the letter was on the same sheet as 119. Not traced.—See 119.
- 121. Th. 18 Jan. '59. Sarah Johnson (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs. Johnson, in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, i. 308.
- 122. Sa. 20 Jan. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Miss Porter, at Mrs Johnson's in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, i. 309.
- 123. Sa. 20 Jan. '59. Sarah Johnson (Lichfield). Address: none; the letter was 'on the second leaf' of 122.
- 124. Sa. 20 Jan. '59. ⟨William Strahan.⟩ Harvard.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxviii.
- 125. Tu. 23 Jan. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Miss Porter in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, i. 310.
- 126. Th. 25 Jan. '59. ⟨Lucy Porter (Lichfield)⟩. Morgan (mutilated at beginning).—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 328.
- 126.1. Sa. 27 Jan. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 27 IA. H. R. Creswick.—
- 127. Tu. 6 Feb. '59. Lucy Porter. (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 6 (month illegible). Sotheby 15 April 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 329.
- 128. Th. 15 Feb. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 5 July 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 129. Th. 1 Mar. '58 (i.e. '59). ⟨Lucy Porter (Lichfield).⟩ Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 330.
- 130. F. 23 Mar. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 24 MR. Lichfield.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 340.
- 131. Th. 10 May '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 342.
- 132. Sa. 9 June '59. Elizabeth Montagu. R. H. Isham.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 339.
- 132.1. ⟨July '59.⟩ Not traced; a fragment.—GM Apr. 1785, i. 288; Boswell 1791, i. 189 (Hill i. 347; overlooked by him in editing the letters).
- 132.2. Th. 9 Aug. '59. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark illegible. Lady Charnwood.—Cornhill Mag. Nov. 1927.
- 132.3. F. 9 Nov. '59. ⟨? Sir George Hay.⟩ Adam.—JM ii. 439.
- 133. M. 17 Dec. '59. Elizabeth Montagu. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 342; Climenson's Montagu 1906, ii. 173.
- 134. ⟨?'59.⟩ Joseph Simpson. Not traced.—1788, No. 362; Boswell 1791, i. 188 (from a copy (seen) by Mary Adey; Malahide Catalogue 463); Hill i. 346.
- 134.1. M. 23 June '60. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers in Lincoln College. Adam.—
- 134.2. Sa. 4 Oct. '60. Thomas Percy (Easton Mauduit). Address: To the Revd Mr Percy at Easton Mauduit Northamptonshire by Castle Ashby bag. University of Rochester.—MLN Dec. 1935, 509.
- 135. Sa. 18 Oct. '60. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Junr. Esqr. at Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 20⟨?⟩. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 621 (Hill i. 357).
- 136. Sa. 29 Nov. '60. Thomas Percy. Address: To the Revd Mr Percy. Dyce-Forster.—Hill 1892.
- 136.1. W. 31 Dec. '60. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers of Lincoln College Oxford. Postmark: 1 IA. Adam.—
- 136.2. c. Nov. or Dec. '60. Not traced.—Quotation in The Works of Jeremy Bentham 1843, x. 41.
- 137. Tu. 13 Jan. '61. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 13 IA. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 351.
- 138. W. 10 June '61. Joseph Baretti (Milan). Not traced.—Europ. Mag. June 1787, xi. 385; Boswell 1791, i. 196 (Hill i. 361).
- 139. Sa. 12 Sept. '61. Thomas Percy (Easton Mauduit). Address: To the Revd Mr Percy at Easton Mauduit Northamptonshire by Castle Ashby bag. Postmark: 12 SE. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 140. Tu. 1 June '62. George Staunton. Address (Boswell): To Dr. Staunton. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—Boswell 1791, i. 199 (Hill i. 367).
- 141. Tu. 8 June '62. A Lady. Not traced; Boswell's copy, Isham.—Boswell 1791, i. 200 (Hill. i. 368).
- 142. Tu. 20 July '62. Joseph Baretti (Milan). Not traced.—Europ. Mag. March 1788, xiii. 147; Boswell 1791, i. 201 (Hill i. 369).
- 143. Tu. 20 July '62. Earl of Bute. Address (Boswell): To the Right Honourable the Earl of Bute. Not traced.—Boswell 1799, i. 336, from a copy supplied by the fourth Earl (Hill i. 376). See Addenda, p. 428.
- 144. Sa. 24 July '62. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 24 IY. Rylands.—Hill 1892.
- 144.1 Tu. 12 Oct. '62. ⟨Henry Bright (Abingdon).⟩ Hodgson (1927).—
- 144.2. F. 22 Oct. '62. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Mr Chambers at University College Oxford. Postmark: 22 OC. Adam.—
- 145. W. 3 Nov. '62. Earl of Bute. Address (Boswell): To the Right Honourable the Earl of Bute. Huntington.—Boswell 1793, i. 337, from a copy by Lord Macartney (Hill i. 380). See Addenda, p. 428.
- 146. Tu. 21 Dec. '62. Frances Reynolds. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 129, from a copy by FR in the possession of Mr. Rupert Colomb.
- 147. Tu. 21 Dec. '62. Joseph Baretti (Milan). Address: (Baretti) Al Sign. Giuseppe Baretti, Milano. Not traced.—Europ. Mag. March 1788, xiii. 148; Boswell 1791, i. 203 (Hill i. 380).
- 147.1. ⟨? Dec. '62⟩. Topham Beauclerk. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, i. 215 (recollected by Langton); Hill i. 242 (overlooked by him in editing the letters).
- 148. Sa. 19 Feb. ⟨'63⟩. George Strahan (Abingdon). Address: To Mr Strahan at the Reverend Mr Bright's in Abingdon Berkshire. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 429.
- 148.1. Tu. 15 Mar. '63. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Robert Chambers Esqre of University College Oxford. Franked by Lord Harborough. Postmark:—MR. Adam.—
- 149. Sa. 26 March '63. George Strahan. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 429.
- 150. Tu. 12 Apr. '63. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 12 AP. Original seen.1—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 372.
- 151. Sa. 16 Apr. '63. ⟨George Strahan⟩. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 430.
- 152. Sa. 2 July '63. George Grenville. Not traced.—Grenville Papers 1852, ii. 68.
- 153. Tu. 5 July '63. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 5–. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 435.
- 154. Tu. 12 July '63. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: illegible. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 440.
- 155. Th. 14 July '63. George Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan at the Reverend Mr Bright's in Abingdon Berkshire. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 431.
- 156. Sa. 13 Aug. '63. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 1- AV (numeral doubtful). Loyd (see Addenda, p. 428).—NQ 6 S. v. 324.
- 157. Th. 18 Aug. '63. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 18 AV. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 342.
- 158. Th. 25 Aug. '63. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 25 AV. Pembroke.—Philobiblon Soc. Miscell.
- 159. Sa. 3 Sept. '63. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: illegible. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 343.
- 159.1. Sa. 3 Sept. '63. Thomas Percy (Easton Maudit). Sotheby 9 March 1870 (not seen); extracts in catalogue.
- 160. Tu. 20 Sept. '63. George Strahan (Abingdon). Address: To Mr Strahan at the Reverend Mr Bright's in Abingdon Berks. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929; signature and date, with (recto) three lines of text, A. Houghton.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 430, corrected by Hill from the original before mutilation.
- 161. Th. 29 Sept. '63. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 29 SE. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 382.
- 162 . 27 Oct. '63 (really '64). Frances Reynolds. See below, after .
- 163. Th. 8 Dec. '63. James Boswell (Utrecht). Address (Boswell): A Mr. Mr. Boswell, à la Cour de l'Empereur,1 Utrecht. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—Boswell 1791, i. 258 (Hill i. 473).
- 164. Tu. 10 Jan. '64. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 10 IA. See note.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 498.
- 165. Tu. 22 May '64. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 22 (month illegible). Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 382.
- 165.1. Sa. 23 June '64. Thomas Percy. Address: To the Reverend Mr Percy. Adam.—Hill JM 1897, ii. 440.
- 166. Easton Maudit. 19 Aug. (misdated) '64. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Joshua Reynolds Esq in Leicester Fields London. Postmark: 1-A-. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 265 (Hill i. 486).
- 166.1. M. 20 Aug. '64. Thomas Percy (Easton Maudit). Sotheby 9 March 1870 (not seen); described in catalogue as a 'bread-and-butter' letter.
- 167. ⟨Oxford⟩ W. 24 Oct. '64. William Strahan. Address: To Mr Strahan, Printer, in New Street, Shoe Lane, London. Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxx.
- 162. Oxford, Sa. 27 Oct. ⟨'64⟩. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Miss Reynolds in Leicester Fields London. Postmarks: OXFORD and 30 OC. Rupert Colomb; endorsed by F.R. 'Dr. Johnson I believe about 64'; a pencil note '27 Oct 1763' is perhaps Croker's. A copy by F.R., also in Mr. Colomb's possession, is endorsed 'Oxford Oct 27' with no year.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 432.
- 168. Sa. 18 May '65. David Garrick. Address: To David Garrick Esq. Rosenbach (1925).—Corresp. of D.G. 1831, i. 183.
- 169. 25 May. David Garrick. Address (Hill): To David Garrick, Esq., Adelphi. W. M. Elkins.—Hill 1892. Hill, who saw the original, notes that the address, which is in pencil, shows that the letter belongs to a later year than '65 (in which he placed it, no doubt, as an appendage to 168), since G. moved to the Adelphi about '70 or '71. My photograph is of one page only, and shows no address.
- 170. Sa. 25 May '65. George Strahan (Oxford). Address (Croker): To Mr. G. Strahan, Univer. Coll. Ox. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, i. 502.
- 171. M. 15 July '65. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 16 IY. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 383.
- 172. Tu. 13 Aug. '65. Mrs Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Mrs. Thrale in Brighthelmston. Postmark: 13 AV. Adam.—1788, No. 1.
- 173. Autumn '65. Mr. or Mrs. Thrale. Known only from a reference in Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes 1786, 126 (JM i. 233).
- 174. Sa. 17 Aug. '65. ⟨Edward Lye⟩. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 174.1. Th. 26 Sept. '65. Edward Lye (Yardley). Address: To the Reverend Mr Lye at Yardley near Castle Ashby Northamptonshire. Postmark illegible. Newton.—Hill JM 1897, ii. 441.
- 175. Tu. 1 Oct (misdated 2 Oct.) '65. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 1 OC. Roberts College, Haverford.—Philobiblon Soc. Miscell. 1861–1.
- 176. W. 9 Oct. '65. Joseph Warton (Winchester). Not traced.—Wooll's Warton 1806, 309.
- 176.1. W. 9 Oct. '65. ⟨Jacob Tonson.⟩ Lichfield.—Athenaeum 11 Sept. 1909; Bicentenary of the Birth of Samuel Johnson 1909, 32.
- 177. W. 16 Oct. '65. Charles Burney. Address: To Charles Burney Esq. in Poland Street. Sotheby 5 May 1930.—Boswell 1791, i. 271 (Hill i. 500). The paper is torn at one corner, and the date now depends upon Boswell.
- 178. Th. 17 Oct. '65. Thomas Leland. Address: Not traced; a copy, perhaps by Leland's son, is at Trinity College, Dublin.—Malone's Boswell 1807, i. 467.
- 178.1. Sa. 19 Oct. '65. Jacob Tonson. Address: To Jacob Tonson Esq. Lichfield.—Athenaeum 11 Sept. 1909; Bicentenary of the Birth of Samuel Johnson 1909, 32.
- 178.2. Sa. 26 Oct. '65. Charles Jenkinson. B.M. (Liverpool Papers).—
- 179. Su. 8 Dec. '65. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6 S. iii. 321.
- 179.1. ⟨? Sept. or Oct. '65⟩. Robert Dodsley. Sotheby Dec. 1902 (not seen).—Text in catalogue.
- 180. Tu. 14 Jan. '66. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 14 IA. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 3.
- 181. Tu. 14 Jan. '66. James Boswell (Paris). Address (Boswell): A Mr. Mr. Boswell, chez Mr. Waters, Banquier, à Paris. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—JB's Corsica 1768, 362 (from when you return to ever was before); Boswell 1791, i. 273 (Hill ii. 3).
- 182. Sa. 8 (misdated 9) Mar. '66. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Esq Junr. at Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 8 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 623 (Hill ii. 16).
- 183. Sa. 10 May '66. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Bennet Langton Junior Esq. at Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 10 MA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 624 (Hill ii. 17).
- 183.1. Sa. 28 June '66. William Jessop (Lismore). Address: To the Reverend Mr Jessop in Lismore in the County of Waterford, Ireland. B.M.—Gaussen's Percy 1908, 221.
- 184. W. 13 Aug. '66. William Drummond (Edinburgh). Address (Boswell): To Mr William Drummond. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—Boswell 1791, i. 286 (Hill ii. 27).
- 185. Th. 21 Aug. '66. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced (see Addenda, p. 428).—Boswell 1791, i. 281 (Hill ii. 20).
- 186. F. 10 Oct. '66. David Garrick. Address: To David Garrick Esq. Harold Murdock. Endorsed (by DG) 'Johnson about a 100 pounds'.— Corresp. of DG 1831, i. 245.
- 187. Th. 13 Nov. '66. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs. Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 13 NO. A. Houghton.—Hill 1892.
- 187.1. W. 19 Nov. '66. Robert Chambers. Address: To Robert Chambers Esq. Adam.—
- 187.2. Th. 11 Dec. '66. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq. at University College Oxford. Postmark: 11 (month illegible). Adam.—
- 187.3. Th. 22 Jan. '67. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Robert Chambers Esqr University College Oxon. Franked by Thrale. Redirected No. 6 Kings-Bench Walks Inner Temple London. Postmark: 1 A. Adam.—
- 188. Sa. 14 Feb. '67. Mrs Salusbury. Bergson.—1788, No. 2.
- 189. Tu. 21 Apr. '67. William Drummond. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 288 (Hill ii. 29).
- 189.1. Oxford. M. 11 May '67. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale in Southwark. Postmarks: OXFORD, 12 MA. Bergson.—
- 189.2. Lichfield. W. 17 June '67. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence in Essex Street London. Postmark: 19 IV. Houghton.—
- 189.3. Lichfield. Sa. 20 June '67. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence in Essex Street London. Postmark: 22 IV. Copy by R. B. Adam.—The Outlook, May 1912.
- 190. Lichfield. M. 20 July '67. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 3.
- 190.1. Lichfield. W. 19 Aug. '67. George Colman. Address (Colman): To George Coleman Esqr at Mr Davies's Bookseller in Russell Street Covent Garden London. Not traced.—Letters to F. and G. Colman 1820, 137.
- 191. Lichfield. Sa. 3 Oct. '67. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.–1788, No. 4.
- 191.1 Lichfield. ⟨'67⟩. Robert Chambers. Address: To Robert Chambers Esqre in the King's Bench Walk, Temple, London. Readdressed in other hand: at University College, Oxford. Postmark: LITCHFIELD and 8 OC. Adam (defective)—
- 192. Lichfield. Sa. 10 Oct.'67. Bennet Langton (London). Address: To Bennet Langton Esq at Mrs Rothwel's Perfumer in New Bond Street London. Postmark: 12 OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 628 (Hill ii. 45).
- 192.1. Lichfield. Sa. 10 Oct. '67. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Johnson House.—
- 193. Sa. 24 Oct. '67. William Drummond. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 289 (Hill ii. 30).
- 193.1. Tu. 3 Nov. '67. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). A. Houghton.—
- 194. Tu. 17 Nov. '67. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Sir Charles Russell.—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 45.
- 194.1. Oxford. M. 29 Feb. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Adam.—
- 195. Oxford. Th. 3 Mar. '68. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 5.
- 196. Oxford. Th. 3 Mar. '68. Richard Pennick. Address: To the Reverend Mr Pennick at the Museum. Adam.—1788, No. 5.
- 197. Oxford. M. 14 Mar. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 6.
- 198. Oxford. Th. 17 Mar. '68. ⟨Thomas⟩ Apperley. Address: To — Apperley Esq. at Sir W. W. Wynne's Bart in Grosvenor Square London. Oriel College.—Hill 1892.
- 199. Oxford. F. 18 Mar. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 5 May 1930.—1788, No. 7.
- 200. Oxford. W. 23 Mar. '68. James Boswell (London, redirected from Scotland). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 303 (Hill ii. 58).
- 201. Oxford. Th. 24 Mar. '68. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Mrs Thrale in Southwark. Postmark: 26 MR. Adam.—1788, No. 8.
- 202. Oxford. M. 18 Apr. '68. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.— Malone's Boswell 1804, ii. 59.
- 203. Oxford. Tu. 19 Apr. '68. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 9.
- 203.1. Oxford. F. 22 Apr. '68. ⟨? Edward⟩ Weston (London). Address: To the Reverend Mr Weston in Cleveland Row St. James's London. Postmark: 23 AP. B.M.—
- 204. Oxford. Th. 28 Apr. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen); Maggs's Catalogue 399 (1920).—1788, No. 10.
- 204.1. Oxford. Th. 28 Apr. '68. ⟨? Edward⟩ Weston. Address: none (MS. mutilated). Postmark: 29 AP. B.M.—
- 205. M. 23 May '68. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 11.
- 206. Sa. 28 May '68. Frederick Augusta Barnard. B.M.—Report of Committee on Papers relating to the Royal Library which His Majesty has presented to the Nation 1823; The Library March 1922, 269.
- 207. Sa. 28 May '68. Francis Barber (Bishop Stortford). Address: Francis Barber at Mrs Clap's in Bishop Stortford Hertfordshire. Postmark: 28 MA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 305 (Hill ii. 62).
- 207.1. Tu. 7 June '68. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Adam.—
- 208. F. 17 June '68. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 12.
- 209. Sa. 18 June '68. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced (seen by Hill).—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 68.
- 209.1. Tu. 12 July '68. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Lichfield.—
- 210. F. 11 Nov. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 4 June 1908 (not seen).—1788, No. 13.
- 211. F. 2 Dec. '68. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 14.
- 211.1. W. 14 Dec. '68. ⟨Mrs. Thrale.⟩ Mrs. McCaslin.—
- 212. Tu. 17 Jan. '69. ⟨George Colman.⟩ Adam; known to Hill from Sotheby's catalogue 10 May 1875, where it is called a letter to Garrick. Mr. Adam told me that it is endorsed in Colman's hand.—Letters to F. and G. Colman 1820, 139.
- 213. F. 31 Mar. '69. Louise Flint. Not traced; copy by Mrs. Thrale, Newton.—1788, No. 15.
- 214. Th. 18 May '69. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 16.
- 215. Oxford. W. 31 May ⟨'69⟩. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Mr Warton. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 308 (Hill ii. 67).
- 216. Oxford. 27 June (? misdated, perhaps 21 June) '69. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 17.
- 217. Oxford. (?) Th. 29 June '69 (see note). Mrs. Thrale. Donald F. Hyde.—1788, No. 18.
- 218. Oxford. Th. 29 June '69. Henry Thrale. Rosenbach 1925.—1788, No. 19.
- 219. Th. 6 July '69. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 20.
- 220. Lichfield. M. 14 Aug. '69. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 21.
- 221. Brighthelmston. Sa. 26 Aug. '69. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Cecil Tildesley.—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 70.
- 222. Brighthelmston. Sa. 9 Sept. '69. James Boswell. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 429).—Boswell 1791, i. 309 (Hill ii. 70).
- 223. Th. 5 Oct. '69. John Taylor. Addressed to Taylor at Ashbourne. Franked by Thrale. Sotheby 14 April 1930.—Hill 1892.
- 224. Su. 5 Nov. '69. Thomas Percy (London). Address: To the Reverend Mr. Percy. Dyce-Forster.—Hill 1892.
- 225. Streatham. Th. 9 Nov. '69. James Boswell (London). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 331 (Hill ii. 110).
- 226. Tu. 9 Jan. '70. Henry Bright (Abingdon). Address: none (MS. mutilated); but endorsed in another hand 'Addressed to the Revd. Henry Bright, then Master of Abingdon School'. B.M.—Hill 1892.
- 226.1. Oxford. Sa. 13 Jan. '70. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq. in Southwark. Postmark: 15 IA. O. T. Perkins.—
- 226.2. Sa. 27 Jan. '70. Henry Bright (Abingdon). Address: added in another hand (see 226). Maggs 1926.—
- 227. W. 21 Mar. '70. Richard Farmer (Cambridge). Fettercairn (see Addenda, p. 429).—Boswell 1791, i. 334 (Hill ii. 114).
- 227.1. Sa. 24 Mar. '70. Robert Chambers (York). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq at Mr Bell's in Coney Street York Postmark: 24 MR. Adam.—
- 227.2. ⟨Oxford⟩ F. 6 Apr. '70. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—
- 228. Tu. 1 May '70. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced; copy by Harwood at Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 117.
- 228.1. Th. 24 May '70. ⟨Henry Bright (Abingdon)⟩ Rosenbach.—
- 229. Tu. 29 May '70. Lucy Porter. Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter Lichfield. Franked by Thrale. Postmarks: 30 and 31 MA. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 118.
- 229a. Streatham. M. ⟨? 4 or 11 June '70⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.7.—
- 229.1. W. 13 June ⟨'70⟩. Mrs. Horneck. Newton.—Newton Sale Catalogue (Parke-Bernet) 15 May 1941, 436.
- 230. Sa. 23 June '70. Thomas Warton. Trinity.—Boswell 1791, i. 334 (Hill ii. 114).
- 230.1. Lichfield. M. 25 June '70. Salt Library, Stafford.— To ——
- 231. Lichfield. M. 2 July '70. John Taylor. Address: Not traced.—Philobiblon Soc. Miscellanies 1861–1.
- 232. Lichfield. Sa. 7 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Sessler 1925.–1788, No. 22.
- 233. Lichfield. W. 11 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1925.—1788, No. 23.
- 234. Lichfield. Sa. 14 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 22 July 1929.—1788, No. 24.
- 234a. Streatham. Tu. 17 July '70. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 538.3.—1788, No. 25.
- 235. Lichfield. Early July ⟨'70⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 134 (misplaced).
- 236. Ashbourne. F. 20 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 26.
- 237. Ashbourne. M. 23 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 27.
- 237.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 28 July '70. Mrs. Thrale. Newton.—
- 238. Tu. 25 Sept. '70. Francis Barber. Address: To Mr Barber, at Mrs Clapp's in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire. Postmarks: 26 and 27 SE Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 335 (Hill ii. 115).
- 239. Th. 27 Sept. '70. Joseph Warton (Winchester). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 335 (Hill ii. 115).
- 240. Tu. 2 Oct. (see note). Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 240.1. W. 24 Oct. '70. Bennet Langton (Langton). Fettercairn.—
- 240.2. Tu. 27 Nov. '70. Thomas Percy (Easton Maudit). Address: To the Revd Dr Percy at Easton Maudit Northamptonshire. By Castle Ashby Bag. O. R. Barrett.—
- 241. F. 7 Dec. '70. Francis Barber (Bishop Stortford). Address: Francis Barber at Mrs Clapp's in Bishop Stortford Hertfordshire. Postmark: 8 DE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 336 (Hill ii. 116).
- 242. Tu. 29 Jan. '71. — Smith. Address: To Mr. Smith. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 243. Sa. 2 Feb. '71. John Rivington. Address: To Mr Rivington Bookseller. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 244. M. 18 Feb. '71. ⟨Richard Farmer.⟩ Folger Library.—Hill 1892.
- 245. March '71. Henry Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 28.
- 246. W. 20 Mar. '71. Bennet Langton (Langton). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 629 (Hill ii. 135).
- 246.1. Sa. 6 Apr. '71. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq. at New Inn Hall Oxford. Postmark: 6 AP. Adam.—
- 247. W. 17 Apr. '71. Elizabeth Langton. Not traced.—GM 1800, ii. 915.
- 247.1. Tu. 7 May '71. Mrs. Rolt. Address: To Mrs Rolt. Sir Robert Hudson.—
- 248. Th. 16 May '71. Comtesse de Boufflers (London). Address (Piozzi): A Madame La Comtesse de — (Boufflers, HLP's MS. note). C. T. Jeffery.—1788, No. 29, dated 16 May 1771; Boswell 1791, i. 513 (Hill ii. 405) dated 16 July 1771; this is misdated 1775 in 1799, see note.
- 248.1. Sa. 14 June '71. Copy by Sir Shane Leslie.— To——
- 249. Su. 15 June '71. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1929.—1788, No. 30.
- 250. Th. 20 June '71. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 348 (Hill ii. 140).
- 251. Th. 20 June '71. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 31.
- 252. Lichfield. Sa. 22 June '71. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 32.
- 253. Lichfield. M. 25 June '71. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 33.
- 253a. Streatham M. 1 July '71. From Mrs. Thrale to J at (?) Ashbourne. R 539.1.—
- 254. Ashbourne. W. 3 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 34.
- 255. Ashbourne. Su. 7 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 35.
- 256. Lichfield. Misdated 7 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 36.
- 257. Ashbourne. M. 8 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Newton.—1788, No. 37.
- 258. Ashbourne. W. 10 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 38.
- 259. Ashbourne. M. 15 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. O. D. Young.—1788, No. 39.
- 260. Ashbourne. W. 17 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 40.
- 260a. Streatham. W. 17 July ⟨'71⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.2.—
- 261. Ashbourne. W. 17 July '71. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in Leicester Fields London. Postmark: 19 IY. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 349 (Hill ii. 141).
- 262. Ashbourne. Sa. 20 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 41.
- 263. Ashbourne. M. 22 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1925.—1788, No. 42.
- 263a. M. and Tu. 22 and 23 July '71. From Mrs. and Mr. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.3.—
- 264. Ashbourne. W. 24 July '71. Mrs. Thrale. E. D. North 1920.—1788, No. 43.
- 264.1. Ashbourne. Th. 25 July '71. Frances Reynolds. Not traced; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 264.2. Ashbourne. M. 29 July '71. Frances Reynolds. Not traced; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 264.3. Ashbourne. M. 29 July '71. H. M. Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 3.
- 264.3a Southwark. Tu. 30 July '71. From Henry Thrale to J at (?) Ashbourne. R 539.4.—
- 264.3b. Streatham. Tu. 30 ⟨? July '71⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at (?) Ashbourne. R 539.21 (endorsed by J 'Mrs Thrale. Apr. 1773')—
- 265. Lichfield. W. 31 July '71. Henry Thrale. Rosenbach.—1788, No. 44.
- 266. Lichfield. Sa. 3 Aug. '71. Mrs. Thrale. F. R. Bemis.—1788, No. 45.
- 267. Lichfield. M. 5 Aug. '71. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 46.
- 268. Th. 29 Aug. '71. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Benet Langton Esq., at Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 29 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 630 (Hill ii. 142).
- 268.1. F. 30 Aug. '71. James Beattie (London). Address: To Mr Beattie. Aberdeen University.—
- 269. Streatham. Th. 12 Dec. '71. David Garrick. Address: To David Garrick Esq. Rosenbach.—Corresp. of D. G. 1831, i. 446.
- 269.1. Th. 12 Dec. '71. Joseph Smith. Address: To Mr Joseph Smith Ironmonger in Bishop Stortford Hertfordshire. Postmark: 12 DE. A. Houghton.—
- 270. '71. Thomas Cadell. Not traced. Known to Hill only from Fletcher's auction catalogue 30 May 1845: 'Note of Johnson to his Publisher to bind two copies of False Alarm and Falkland Islands. 1771.'
- 270.1. Su. 16 Feb. '72. A Lady. Not traced. Thorpe's catalogue 1843, No. 2034: 'very short but truly characteristic'.
- 271. Th. 27 Feb. '72. Joshua Reynolds. Address: Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 350 (Hill ii. 144).
- 272. Th. 27 Feb. '72. Joseph Banks. Not traced; copy by Reynolds, Fettercairn.—Europ. Mag. July 1789, 5 (dated 26 March); Boswell 1791, i. 351 (Hill ii. 144). 'Perpetui, ambitâ bis terrâ, praemia lactis Haec habet, altrici Capra secunda Jovis.'
- 273. Sa. 14 Mar. '72. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address: To Benet Langton near Spilsby Lincolnshire. Postmark: 14 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 352 (Hill ii. 146).
- 274. Su. 15 Mar. '72. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 352 (Hill ii. 145).
- 274.1. M. 6 Apr. '72. Samuel Paterson. Address: To Mr Paterson in Essex Street. Salt Library, Stafford.—
- 274.2. Sa. 11 Apr. '72. Robert Chambers (Oxford). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq at New Inn Hall Oxford. Postmark: 11 AP. Adam.—
- 274.3. Mon. 13 Apr. '72. Sotheby 6 May 1858, 106 (not seen).—Described in catalogue.
- 275. F. 17 Apr. '72. John Taylor (Westminster). Not traced.—Philobiblon Soc. Miscellanies 1861–1.
- 275.1. Sa. 15 Aug. '72. John Taylor. Not traced.—Reliquary xiv, 1873–4, 97.
- 276. M. 31 Aug. '72. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 387 (Hill ii. 201).
- 277. M. 31 Aug. '72. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To The Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbys.—Franked by Thrale. Postmarks: 31 AV and 1 SE. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 383.
- 278. Tu. 6 Oct. '72. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Ashbourne Derbys—. Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 6 OC. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 422.
- 278.1. Th. 8 Oct. '72. William Strahan. Address (Shorter): To William Strahan Esq Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, 192—.
- 278.2. Tu. 13 Oct. '72. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 13 OC. Harvard.—
- 278.2a. ⟨? Oct. '72⟩. From Mrs. Salusbury. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. R 539.11.
- 278.3. Th. 15 Oct. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen; extract in catalogue).—
- 279. Lichfield. M. 19 Oct. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1925.—1788, No. 47.
- 279.1 . Lichfield. M. 19 Oct. '72. John Taylor. See p. .
- 280. Lichfield. Sa. 24 Oct. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 48.
- 281. Ashbourne. Th. 29 Oct. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1925.—1788, No. 49.
- 282. Ashbourne. Sa. 31 Oct. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1925.—1788, No. 50.
- 282.1. Ashbourne. M. 2 Nov. '72. H. M. Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 4.
- 283. Ashbourne, W. 4 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 51. Brighton Herald, 17 Oct. 1857.
- 283a. Southwark. W. 4 Nov. (misdated Oct.) ⟨'72⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Samuel Johnson at Ashbourne Derbys. Postmark: 5 NO. Franked by HT. R 539.5.—
- 284. Ashbourne. Sa. 7 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 52.
- 284a. Southwark. Sa. 7 Nov. (misdated Oct.) ⟨'72⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: none. Postmark: FREE (date illegible). R 539.6.—
- 285. Ashbourne. M. 9 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. T. E. Watson; collation by him 1920.—1788, No. 53.
- 285.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 22 Jan. 1907; not traced, but I have a photostat, the source of which I do not now know.—1788, but cancelled in proof. Broadley, Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale 1910, III, from the proofsheets then in his possession.
- 286. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 54.
- 286.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 21 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 5 May 1930.—1788, but cancelled in proof. Broadley 1910, III (see 285.1).
- 287. Ashbourne. M. 23 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 55.
- 287a. Southwark. ⟨Tu.⟩ 24 ⟨Nov. '72⟩. From H. M. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.8.—Lansdowne, Queeney Letters 1934, 7.
- 288. Ashbourne. F. 27 Nov. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—1788, No. 56.
- 288.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 28 Nov. '72. H. M. Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 5.
- 288.1a. Southwark. M. 30 Nov. ⟨'72⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at (?) Lichfield. Address: To Mr S: Johnson. (The full address was, no doubt, on a franked cover.) R 539.9.—
- 288.1b. Southwark. W. 2 Dec. '72. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. R 539.10.—
- 289. Lichfield. Th. 3 Dec. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 57.
- 289.1. Lichfield. Th. 3 Dec. '72. Robert Chambers. Address: To Robert Chambers Esq at New Inn Hall Oxford; redirected to No 6 Kings Bench Walks, Inner Temple, London. Postmark: 9 DE. Adam.—
- 289.2. Lichfield. Sa. 5 Dec. '72. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, but cancelled in proof. Broadley 1910, 113 (see 285.1).
- 290. Lichfield. Sa. 5 Dec. '72. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. turn at Colshil. A. Houghton.—NQ 6 S. iii. 361.
- 291. Sa. 12 Dec. '72. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6 S. iii. 361.
- 291.1. Sa. 12 Dec. '72. John Taylor. Known to have existed only from a note by Hill preserved at Pembroke.
- 292. Tu. 15 Dec. '72. James Granger. Adam.—Malcolm, Granger Letters 1805, 114.
- 292.1. F. 15 Jan. '73. Sir John Hawkins. C. S. Cow.—
- 293. Tu. 26 Jan. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. Wilton Lloyd Smith (collation by her).—1788, No. 58.
- 293.1. M. 8 Feb. '73. Richard Clark. Address: To Mr Clark C. S. Cow.—
- 294. F. 19 Feb. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 59.
- 294a. Southwark. Sa. 20 Feb. ⟨'73⟨. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.15.—
- 295. W. 24 Feb. '73. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 389 (Hill ii. 204).
- 296. Sa. 27 Feb. '73. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 27 FE Morgan.—Hill 1892.
- 297. Th. 4 Mar. '73. Phineas Bond. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, ii. 136 (Hill ii. 207).
- 298. Th. 4 Mar. '73. William White (Philadelphia?). Address: To the Reverend Mr White. Adam.—Boswell 1793, ii. 137 (Hill ii. 207).
- 299. Th. 4 Mar. '73. William Samuel Johnson. Address: To Dr Johnson (in another hand: in Stratford Connecticut. 1/4). Postmark: 4 MA (i.e. May, doubtless an American postmark). Columbia University Library.—GM 1825, ii. 320.
- 300. Tu. 9 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 60.
- 300a. Streatham. Tu. ⟨9 Mar. '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. R 539.16 (dated by J 'March 9. 1773').—
- 300b. Southwark. Tu. ⟨? 9 Mar. '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.17.—
- 300C. Southwark. ⟨W. 10 Mar. '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.18 ('March 10 received March 11. 1773' added by J).—
- 301. Th. 11 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 61.
- 301.1. F. 12 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1927 (mutilated).—
- 301.2. M. 15 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1927.—
- 301.3. Tu. 16 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Copy by C. B. Tinker.
- 302. W. 17 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 72.
- 302.1. F. 19 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address (mutilated): To Mrs. ⟨Thrale⟩. Cecil Tildesley.—
- 302.1a. Streatham. F. 19 Mar. '73. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson. R 539.19.—
- 303. Sa. 20 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 63.
- 303.1. Sa. 20 Mar. '73. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Not traced; known to me only from a description and quotation in a catalogue (of which I do not know the date) of a dealer Holloway.—
- 303.2. Tu. 23 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 304. Th. 25 Mar. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 64.
- 304a. Streatham. ⟨? Th. 25 Mar. '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.14.—
- 304b. Streatham. M. 29 Mar. ⟨'73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.20.—
- 304.1. F. 2 Apr. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address (mutilated): To Mrs T⟨hrale⟩. Lichfield.—
- 304.1a. Streatham. ⟨Sa. 3 or Su. 4 Apr. '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.24.—
- 304.1b. Streatham. ⟨M. 5 Apr. '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.22 ('Apr. 5. –73' added by J).—
- 304.1c. Streatham. Sa. 10 Apr. ⟨'73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.23—
- 304.1d. Streatham. M. ⟨19 Apr. '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Fleet Street. R 539.26 ('Apr. 19. –73' added by J).—
- 304.2. ⟨Sa. 3 Apr. '73.⟩ To— Pearson, an undated and unnumbered catalogue.—Extract in catalogue (which fixes date).
- 305. F. 23 Apr. '73. Oliver Goldsmith. Address: To Dr Goldsmith. Johnson House.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 433.
- 306. Tu. 27 Apr. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 65.
- 306a. Streatham. ⟨? late Apr. '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.28.—
- 306.1. Tu. 4 May ⟨'73⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 306.2. Sa. 8 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. See 393.
- 307. Sa. 8 May '73. Thomas Bagshaw. Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Mr. Bagshaw, at Bromley. Not traced (see Addenda, p. 429).—Boswell 1791, i. 421 (Hill ii. 258).
- 307a. Streatham. Sa. 8 May ⟨'73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. R 539.29.—
- 307b. Streatham. ⟨? M. 10 May '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.13.—
- 307.1. ⟨? May '73.⟩ Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—Wright, Letters 1932, 4.
- 308. M. 17 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 66.
- 308a. ⟨? c. 20 May '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. R 538.4.—1788, No. 67.
- 309. Sa. 22 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 1 Aug. 1935.—1788, No. 68.
- 310. Su. 23 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. O. D. Young.—1788, No. 69.
- 311. M. 24 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. O. D. Young.—1788, No. 71.
- 311a. Streatham. ⟨? Tu. 25 May '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.27.—
- 311b. Streatham. ⟨? F. 28 May '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Johnsons Court Fleet Street. R 539.25.—
- 311.1 Sa. 29 May '73. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. Maas.—
- 311.1a. Streatham. ⟨? c. 30 May '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.30.—
- 311.1b. F. ⟨? 11 June '73.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Samuel Johnson. R 538.6.—1788, No. 72.
- 312. Tu. 22 June '73. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 22 IV. Morgan; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 313. M. 5 July '73. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 424 (Hill ii. 264).
- 313a. Streatham. Tu. 27 ⟨July '73⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mr Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. R 539.50.—
- 314. Tu. 3 Aug. '73. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 425 (Hill ii. 265).
- 315. Tu. 3 Aug. '73. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 426 (Hill ii. 266).
- 316. Th. 5 Aug. '73. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 5 AV. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 422.
- 316.1. Th. 5 Aug. '73. James Beattie (Southgate). Address: To Dr Beattie at Sr Wm Maynes Arnos Grove near Southgate Midlesex. Aberdeen University.—Forbes, Beattie and his Friends 1904, 89.
- 316.2. Northallerton. M. 9 Aug. '73. Thomas Percy. Sotheby 9 March 1870 and 14 June 1897 (not seen); extract in catalogue.
- 317. Newcastle. W. 11. Aug. '73. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 426 (Hill ii. 266).
- 318. (1) Newcastle, Th. 12 Aug.; (2) Edinburgh, M. 16 (dated 15) Aug. 1773. Mrs. Thrale. (1) Bergson; (2) D. Nichol Smith.—1788, No. 73.
- 319. Edinburgh. Sa. 14 Aug. '73. James Boswell. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 426 (Hill ii. 266).
- 320. Edinburgh. Tu. 17 Aug. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Henry Thrale Esq. in Southwark. Postmarks: 17 and 21 AV. Bergson.—1788, No. 74.
- 321. Bamff. W. 25 Aug. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark London. Postmark: 3 SE. Morgan.—1788, No. 75.
- 322. Inverness. Sa. 28 Aug. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: 1 and 6 SE. C. B. Tinker.—1788, No. 76.
- 323. Armadale in Skye. M. 6 Sept. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: SCONSER, 22 SE, 27 SE. Adam.—1788, No. 77.
- 324. Dunvegan in Skye. Tu. 14 Sept. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmark: 27 SE, and two others not legible. Loyd.—1788, No. 78.
- 325. Dunvegan in Skye. Tu. 14. Sept. '73. Lord Elibank. Not traced; Boswell's copy: Isham.—Boswell, Hebrides 1785, 211 (Hill v. 182).
- 326. Dunvegan in Skye. W. 15-Tu. 21 Sept. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: Dunvegan, 29 SE, 4 OC. Adam.—1788, No. 79.
- 327. Talisker in Skye. F. 24 Sept. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: SCONSER, 7 OC, 11 ⟨OC⟩. Bergson.—1788, No. 80.
- 328. Ostig in Skye. Tu. 28 Sept. '73. Macleod of Macleod. Sir Reginald Macleod (1935).—Croker's Boswell 1831, ii. 493.
- 329. Ostig in Skye. Th. 30 Sept. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 81.
- 329.1. Ostig in Skye. Th. 30 Sept. '73. Robert Chambers (London). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq in the Temple London. Postmark: 25 OC. Adam.—
- 330. Mull. F. 15 Oct. '73. Henry Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 82.
- 331. Mull. F. 15 Oct. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Address: none (enclosed, doubtless, in 330). Newton.—1788, No. 83.
- 331.1. Mull. F. 15 Oct. '73. Robert Chambers (London). Address: To Robert Chambers Esq in Kings Bench Walks Temple London. Postmarks: 5 NO and 9 NO. Adam.—
- 332. Inveraray. Sa. 23 Oct. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: 2 ⟨? 7⟩ OC, 1 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 84.
- 333. Inveraray. Sa. 23 Oct. '73. Henry Thrale (Southwark). Address: none (enclosed, doubtless, in 332). Adam.—1788, No. 85.
- 334. Inveraray. Tu. 26 Oct. '73. Henry Thrale. C. T. Jeffery.—1788, No. 86.
- 335. Rosedow (Rossdhu), Lochlomond. W. 27 Oct. '73. Duke of Argyle (Inveraray). Address (Boswell): To his Grace the Duke of Argyle. Not traced.—Boswell, Hebrides 1785, 455, which is misdated, from Boswell's copy (Hill v. 363).
- 336. Glasgow. Th. 28 Oct. '73. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmarks: GLASGOW 29 OC and 2 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 87.
- 336a. Streatham. Su. 31 Oct. '73. From Mrs. Thrale to J in Scotland. Address: To Doctor Sam: Johnson at Mr Drummonds Bookseller Ossians head Edinburgh. Postmark: 1 NO. Franked by HT. R 539.31.—
- 337. Auchinleck. W. 3 Nov. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Newton.—1788, No. 90.
- 338. Edinburgh. F. 12 Nov. '73. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 91.
- 339. Edinburgh. Th. 18 Nov. '73. Mrs. Thrale. C. B. Tinker.—1788, No. 93.
- 340. Sa. 27 Nov. '73. James Boswell ((Edinburgh)). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 428 (Hill ii. 268).
- 340.1. Sa. 27 Nov. '73. Robert Chambers. Address: To Robert Chambers Esq New Inn Hall Oxford (re-addressed to No. 6. Kings Bench Walks Inner Temple London). Postmarks: OXFORD and 27 NO. Adam.—
- 341. Tu. 11 Jan. '74. Elizabeth Montagu. Huntington.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 114.
- 342. Sa. 15 Jan. '74. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 15 IA. Hodgson 8 July 1937 (facs. in Hill, Footsteps of Samuel Johnson).—Hill's Boswell 1887, v. 405.
- 343. Sa. 29 Jan. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 430 (Hill ii. 271).
- 343.1. M. 31 Jan. '74. Richard Clark. Address: To Mr Clark. Cow.—
- 344. M. 7 Feb. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 431 (Hill ii. 272).
- 345. M. 7 Feb. '74. George Steevens. Address: George Steevens Esq at Hampstead. Postmark: PENY POST PAID…. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 431 (Hill ii. 273).
- 346. M. 21 Feb. '74. George Steevens. Address: George Steevens Esq. in Hampstead. Postmark: PENY POST PAID…. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 432 (Hill ii. 273).
- 347. Sa. 5 Mar. '74. George Steevens. Address: George Steevens Esq. Hampstead. Postmark: PENY POST PAID…. SA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 432 (Hill ii. 273).
- 348. Sa. 5 Mar. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 432 (Hill ii. 274).
- 349. M. 7 Mar. '74. ⟨William Strahan.⟩ Adam.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 442.
- 350. F. 11 Mar. '74. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 1 July 1930.—1788, No. 94.
- 351 follows 506.
- 352. ⟨? Sa. 19 Mar. '74.⟩ James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 433 (Hill ii. 276). [Not dated, but written about the 15th of March.]
- 353. W. 30 Mar. '74. Warren Hastings. Address (Boswell): To the Honourable Warren Hastings Esq. B.M. (lacking one leaf which perhaps bore the address).—Boswell 1791, ii. 367 (Hill iv. 68). See Addenda, p. 429.
- 353.1. ⟨Mar. or Apr. '74?⟩ Robert Chambers. Address: To Robert Chambers Esq Johnson House, Gough Square.—
- 353.2. W. 30 Apr. '74. George Horne (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Dr Horne of Magdalen College Oxford. Postmark: 30 AP. Adam.—
- 354. Tu. 10 May '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 435 (Hill ii. 277).
- 354.1. W. 25 May '74. Thomas Cumins (i.e. Cumming). Address: To Thomas Cumins Esq. next door to Mrs. Forster's School at Tottenham Green near Newington. May 25. afternoon. Postmarks: PENNYPOST PAID WE and 7 O'CLOCK. Adam.—
- 355. F. 27 May '74. James Boswell. R.W.C. (1944; defective; the date added by another hand).—Hill 1892.
- 355.1. F. 27 May '74. John Scott. Address: To John Scot Esq (in another hand: Broad Street Ratcliff). Postmark: PENNY POST PAID (day illegible) and 7 O'CLOCK. A. Houghton.—
- 355.2. Th. 2 June '74. John Scott. Address: To John Scot Esq at Amwel near Ware. Postmark: 2 IV. Adam.—
- 356. Streatham. Tu. 21 June '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 436 (Hill ii. 278).
- 356.1. Tu. 28 June '74. Frances Reynolds. Sotheby 14 Nov. 1929; copy by FR: Colomb.—
- 357. M. 4 July '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 436 (Hill ii. 279).
- 358. Tu. 5 July '74. Bennet Langton (Langton). Address (in Thrale's hand): To Bennet Langton Esqr at Langton near Horncastle Lincolnshire (corrected in another hand to Spilsby). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 631 (Hill ii. 280).
- 359. Llewenny in Denbighshire. Tu. 16 Aug. '74. Robert Levet. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, ii. 151 (Hill ii. 282). Llewenny, in Denbighshire, Aug. 16, 1774.
- 360. Sa. 1 Oct. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 439 (Hill ii. 284).
- 360a. Southwark. Tu. 4 Oct. ⟨'74⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. R 539.33.—
- 360.1. Th. 20 Oct. '74. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Adam.—
- 361. Tu. 25 Oct. '74. John Perkins (Southwark). Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1793, ii. 156 (Hill ii. 286).
- 362. Th. 27 Oct. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 440 (Hill ii. 287).
- 362.1. Sa. 19 Nov. '74. Thomas Lawrence. American Art Association 4 May 1933 (Isham sale). Text from Catalogue.—Outlook, May 1912.
- 363. Sa. 26 Nov. '74. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 441 (ii. 288).
- 364. W. 30 Nov. '74. William Strahan. Adam.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxxiii.
- 365. Tu. 6 Dec. '74. ⟨John Hollyer.⟩ A. Houghton.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 427.
- 365.1. Tu. 6 Dec. '74. Thomas Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 343 (1916), 291 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 365.2. Sa. 17 Dec. '74. ⟨Mrs. Thrale.⟩ Sir Robert Hudson.—
- 366. M. 19 Dec. '74. John Hoole. Address: To Mr Hool. Sotheby 17 Feb. 1930.—Boswell 1791, i. 442 (Hill ii. 289).
- 367. Tu. 20 Dec. '74. Warren Hastings. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 369 (Hill iv. 69).
- 368. Th. 22 Dec. '74. William Strahan. Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxxv.
- 369. Th. 22 Dec. '74. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (Hill): To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourn, Derbyshire. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 369.1. Th. 29 Dec. '74. William Hunter. Address: To Dr William Hunter. Royal College of Surgeons.—Chambers's Journal 1906.
- 369.2. ⟨Dec. '74.⟩ Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Madam Thrale. Lichfield.—
- 369.2a. ⟨?Dec. '74.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.34.—
- 370. M. 2 Jan. '75. Henry Thrale. Sotheby 30 January 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 96 (dated June 2 but placed before the letter of Feb. 3).
- 371. Sa. 14 Jan. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 442 (Hill ii. 290).
- 372. Sa. 14 Jan. '75. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Lichfield; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 373. F. 20 Jan. '75. James Macpherson. Address: To Mr. James Macpherson. No postmark. Adam (see note).—William Shaw, Enquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems ascribed to Ossian, 1781, 11; Boswell 1791, i. 449 (Hill ii. 298).
- 374. Sa. 21 Jan. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 444 (Hill ii. 292).
- 375. Sa. 28 Jan. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 446 (Hill ii. 294).
- 375.1. Sa. 30 Jan. '75. Thomas Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 291 (1912), 2610 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 376. F. 3 Feb. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 97.
- 376a. Southwark. Su. 5 Feb. ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Doctor Johnson Fleet Street. R 539.35—
- 376.1. Sa. 4 Feb. '75. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Sotheby 5 June 1929.—
- 376.2. ⟨Sa.⟩ 4 Feb. ⟨'75⟩. Mrs. Thrale. James F. Drake of New York (not seen).—Extracts in Drake catalogue (? early 1930), 107; the letter is in a copy of the first edition of Rasselas. 'The letter speaks of the famous Club and of Mr. Hoole … and his play "Cleonice"…. The letter reads in part:'
- 377. Tu. 7 Feb. '75. Thomas Lawrence. Henkel's catalogue 11 March 1916; copy by Elizabeth L., Isham.—Boswell 1791, i. 447 (Hill ii. 296).
- 378. Tu. 7 Feb. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 447 (Hill ii. 296); Boswell Papers x. 95 (the suppressed passage).
- 378.1. Th. 9 Feb. '75. John Taylor. Sotheby 31 March 1875 (not seen; extracts in catalogue).— 'Referring to some matter in dispute.'
- 379. ⟨end of Feb. '75⟩. Henry Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 105 (misplaced among the letters of June '75).
- 379a. Southwark. W. 1 Mar. ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford. Address: To Samuel Johnson Esqr at Oxford. Postmark: 2 MR. Franked by HT. R 539.36—
- 380. Sa. 25 Feb. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 456 (Hill ii. 309).
- 380.1. Feb. or Mar. '75. Joseph Palmer.
- 381. Oxford. W. 1. Mar. '75. William Strahan. Adam.—Hill's Boswell 1887, vi. xxxvi.
- 382. Oxford. F. 3 Mar. '75. William Strahan. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 383. Oxford. F. 3 Mar. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 98.
- 384. Oxford. M. 6 Mar. '75. ⟨William Strahan⟩. Harvard; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.—
- 384.1. Oxford. M. 6 Mar. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Tregaskis (1938).—
- 384.1a. Southwark. Tu. 7 Mar. ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford. Address: To Doctor Sam: Johnson at Oxford. Postmark:—MR. Franked by HT. R 539.38—
- 384.1b. Southwark. Tu. 7 Mar. '75. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford. R 539.37—
- 384.2. Oxford. W. 8 Mar. ⟨'75⟩. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq. in Southwark. Postmarks: OXFORD and —MR. Adam.—
- 384.3. Th. 23 Mar. '75. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector at Birmingham. Postmark 23 MR. Franked by Thrale. A. Houghton.—
- 384.4. Th. 23 Mar. '75. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To The Rev: Dr Taylor Ashbourne Derbys. Postmark: 23 MR. Franked by Thrale. Amos Ettinger.—
- 385. F. 7 Apr. '75. Thomas Fothergill (Oxford). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 470, from F's copy communicated to B. by Warton (Hill ii. 333) and now Isham. Hill by an oversight interpreted the date as if 'Kal. Apr.' and so misnumbered the letter.
- 385.1. Southwark. Th. 30 Mar. '75. Benjamin Wheeler (Oxford). A. H. Hallam Murray.—
- 386. Sa. 1 Apr. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 99.
- 386a. Southwark. Sa. 1 Apr. '75. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson Fleet Street. R 539.39—
- 386.1. M. 3 Apr. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Newton.—
- 387. Sa. 8 Apr. '75. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Ashborne Derbys—. Franked by Thrale. Postmark 8 AP. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 422.
- 387.1. Sa. 8 Apr. '75. ⟨Edward Bentham⟩. Adam.—
- 387.2. Th. 13 Apr. '75. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 13 AP. Adam.—
- 387.3. Sa. 15 Apr. '75. Benjamin Wheeler (Oxford). Address: The Revd Dr Wheeler Magdalen College Oxford. Franked by Strahan. Postmark: 15 AP. A. H. Hallam Murray.—
- 388. M. 17 Apr. '75. Bennet Langton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 632 (Hill ii. 361).
- 389. Sa. 6 May '75. Macleod of Raasay. Address (Boswell): To the Laird of Raasay. Not traced.—Boswell, Hebrides 1785, 519 (Hill v. 412).
- 389.1. Sa. 6 May '75. Henry Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Described in catalogue as
- 389.2. Tu. 9 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 390. F. 12 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Clifton College.—1788, No. 100.
- 391, 392. May '75. Thomas Leland, George Faulkner.
- 393. Sa. 20 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 101.
- 393a. Streatham. Sa. 20 May ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Doctor Samuel Johnson Johnson's Court Fleet Street. Postmark: illegible. R 539.40—
- 394. Su. 21 May '75. Bennet Langton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 633 (Hill ii. 379).
- 395. M. 22 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 102.
- 396. W. 24 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.—
- 397. Th. 25 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. J. E. Brown (mutilated).—1788, No. 103.
- 397.1. F. 26 May '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 5 May 1930.—
- 398. Sa. 27 May '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 495 (Hill ii. 379).
- 398.1. Sa. 27 May '75. ⟨John Taylor⟩. Buffalo Public Library (not seen).—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 447.
- 399. Oxford. Th. 1 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 104.
- 400. Oxford. M. 5 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 107.
- 401. Oxford. Tu. 6 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 108.
- 402. Oxford. W. 7 June (misdated July) '75. Mrs. Thrale. Tregaskis 1925.—1788, No. 122 (misplaced).
- 403. Oxford. W. 7 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 109.
- 403a. Streatham. W. 7 June ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford. R 539.41—
- 403.1. W. 7 June '75. Philip Fisher. Address: To the Reverend Mr. Fisher-Hyde.—Maggs Cat. 262 (1910), extract.
- 404. Lichfield. Sa. 10 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 110.
- 405. Lichfield. Su. 11 (? M. 12) June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 111.
- 406. Lichfield. Tu. 13 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Folger Library.—1788, No. 112.
- 406a. Streatham. F. 16 June ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. Address: To Doctor Sam: Johnson at Lichfield. Postmark: 17 IV. Franked by HT. R 539.42—
- 407. Lichfield. Sa. 17 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1927.—1788, No. 113.
- 407.1. Lichfield. Sa. 17 June '75. Edmund Allen (London). Address: To Mr Allen Printer in Boltcourt Fleetstreet London. Postmark: 19 IV. Jeffery.—
- 408. Lichfield. M. 19 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 115; Times Literary Supplement 17 Jan. 1929 supplies a suppressed passage. See 408.1.
- 408.1. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield; pasted by Mrs. Piozzi to the original of 408, and printed (the recto only) as if part of that letter.—Johnson, Boswell, and Mrs. Piozzi, a suppressed Passage Restored, 1929.
- 408.2. Lichfield. M. 19 June '75. Edmund Allen. Address: To Allen Printer in Boltcourt, Fleetstreet London. Postmark: (probably) 21 IV. Newton.—
- 409. Lichfield. W. 21 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 115.
- 410. Lichfield. F. 23 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Houghton.—1788, No. 118.
- 411. Lichfield. M. 26 June '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 118.
- 411a. Streatham. Th. 29 June '75. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. Address: To Mr S. Johnson at Dr Taylor's Ashbourn Derbys. Postmark: 2⟨9⟩ IV. Franked by HT. R 539.43—
- 412. Lichfield or Ashbourne. Th. 29 June '75. Richard Greene (Lichfield). Puttick and Simpson 10 March 1862 (363) (not seen); known to Hill only from this catalogue.
- 413. Ashbourne. Sa. 1 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 119.
- 413a. Streatham. M. 3 July '75. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.44—
- 414. Ashbourne. ⟨July '75⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 120.
- 415. Ashbourne. Th. 6 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 121.
- 415a. Brighton. ⟨? Sa 8⟩ July ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. Address: To Dr Sam Johnson at Doctor Taylors Ashbourne Derbys. Postmarks: 10 IY and 11 IY. Franked by HT. R 539.46—
- 416. Ashbourne. Su. 9 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. E. D. North 1920.—1788, No. 126 (misplaced, for the date see 417).
- 416a. Streatham. 'Sa. 9 July' ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. (9 July was a Sunday.) R 539.45—
- 417. Ashbourne. Tu. 11 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 123 (dated in the text).
- 417a. Streatham. Tu. 11 July ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. Address: To Doctor Sam: Johnson at the Rev: Dr Taylor's Ashbourne Derbys. Postmark: 11 IY. Franked by HT. R 539.47—
- 418. Ashbourne. W. 12 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 124.
- 419. Ashbourne. Th. 13 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1927.—1788, No. 127.
- 419a. Brighthelmston. ⟨? c. 13 July '75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J (? at Ashbourne). R 538.13–1788, No. 125 (omitting the postscript).
- 420. Ashbourne. Sa. 15 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Tregaskis 1921.—1788, No. 128.
- 421. Ashbourne. M. 17 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 129.
- 421a. Streatham. Tu. 18 July ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.48—
- 422. Ashbourne. Th. 20 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 4 June 1908 (not seen).—1788, No. 130.
- 422a. Streatham. Th. 20 July ⟨'75⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 539.49 (imperfect)—
- 423. Ashbourne. F. 21 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 131.
- 424. Ashbourne. M. 24 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Gabriel Wells.—1788, No. 132.
- 425. Lichfield. W. 26 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 133.
- 426. Lichfield. Sa. 29 July '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 135.
- 427. Lichfield. Tu. 1 Aug. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 136.
- 428. Lichfield. W. 2 Aug. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 137.
- 429. Lichfield. Sa. 5 Aug. '75. Mrs. Thrale. Morgan.—1788, No. 138.
- 430. Lichfield. Sa. 5 Aug. '75. Mrs. Desmoulins. Address: To Mrs Desmoulins in Chelsea. Postmark: illegible. Adam.—Corresp. of D. Garrick 1831, ii. 72.
- 431. Su. 27 Aug. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced (see Addenda, p. 528).—Boswell 1791, i. 496 (Hill ii. 381).
- 432. Tu. 29 Aug. '75. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 140.
- 432.1. W. 30 Aug. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 498 (Hill ii. 384; overlooked by Hill in Letters).
- 433. Sa. 9 Sept. '75. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). The Misses Pennant (not seen); copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 263.
- 434. Sa. 9 Sept. '75. Mrs. Aston and Mrs. Gastrell. Not traced; known only from the reference in 433.—
- 435. Th. 14 Sept. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced; copy by one of JB's children, Isham.—Boswell 1791, i. 498 (Hill ii. 384).
- 436. Calais. M. 18 Sept. '75. Robert Levet. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, ii. 257 (Hill ii. 385).
- 437. Paris. Su. 22 Oct. '75. Robert Levet. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, ii. 257 (Hill ii. 385).
- 437.1. (Nov. '75. Jane Burke). Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse.—TLS 2 July 1938.
- 438. Th. 16 Nov. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 499 (Hill ii. 387).
- 439. Th. 16 Nov. '75. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 500 (Hill ii. 387).
- 440. Th. 16 Nov. '75. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Loyd.—Malone's Boswell 1811, ii. 418 (an extract); NQ 6S. v. 422.
- 441. Th. 16 Nov. '75. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6S. iii. 401.
- 442. F. 15 Dec. '75. Elizabeth Montagu. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 295.
- 443. Su. 17 Dec. '75. Elizabeth Montagu. C. T. Jeffery.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 296.
- 444. ⟨Sa. 23?⟩ Dec. '75. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 2 ⟨? 3⟩ DE. Franked by Thrale. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, i. 500, dated 'December, 1775' (Hill ii. 388).
- 445. Th. 21 Dec. '75. Elizabeth Montagu. Princeton.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 296.
- 446. Sa. 23 Dec. '75. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 515 (Hill ii. 411).
- 446.1. Dec. '75. John Taylor. Address (Maggs): To the Rev. Dr. Taylor (franked by Thrale). Maggs Cat. 247 (1909), 382 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue. (Respecting the Claim of a Mr. Wood):
- 447. Streatham. W. 10 Jan. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 1 (Hill ii. 412).
- 448. M. 15 Jan. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 4 (Hill ii. 415).
- 449. M. 15 Jan. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: The Revd Dr Taylor at Ashborne Derbys.—Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 16 1A. E. Byrne Hackett 1925; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 450. Sa. 3 Feb. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 4, dated 1773 but placed s.a. 1776 (Hill ii. 416).
- 451. Tu. 6 Feb. '76. John Wesley. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.— GM 1797, i. 455.
- 452. F. 9 Feb. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 7 (Hill ii. 419).
- 453. Tu. 13 Feb. '76. Archibald Hamilton. Address: To Mr Hamilton. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—Nichols, Lit. Anecd. 1815, ix. 805.
- 454. Th. 15 Feb. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 9, dated 1775 but placed s.a. 1776 (Hill ii. 420).
- 455. Sa. 17 Feb. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: Revd Dr Taylor Ashbourn Derbyshire. Franked by Strahan. Postmark: 17 FE. Loyd.—NQ 6S. v. 423.
- 456. M. 19 Feb. '76. John Calder. Sotheby (reference mislaid; dated 15 Feb. in catalogue; not seen).—Nichols, Lit. Illustr. 1822, iv. 811.
- 457. Sa. 24 Feb. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 10 (Hill ii. 422).
- 458. Tu. 5 Mar. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 11 (Hill ii. 423).
- 459. W. 6 Mar. '76. John Douglas. Address: To the Reverend Dr Douglas. B.M.—Hill 1892.
- 460. Th. 7 Mar. '76. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Sotheby 5 June 1929.—NQ 6S. iii. 401.
- 461. Th. 7 Mar. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Morgan.—Hill 1892.
- 461.1. Sa. 9 Mar. '76. John Douglas. Address: To the Revd Dr Douglas at Windsor. Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 9 MR. O. D. Young.—
- 462. Tu. 12 Mar. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 12 (Hill ii. 424).
- 463. Tu. 12 Mar. '76. Nathan Wetherell (Oxford). Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Dr. Wetherell, Master of University College, Oxford. See Addenda, p. 528. Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 12 (Hill ii. 424).
- 463.1. Sa. 16 Mar. '76. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach 1929.—
- 464. Lichfield. Sa. 23 Mar. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 464.1. Lichfield, Sa. 23 Mar. '76. Mrs. Thrale. Newton.—
- 465. Lichfield. M. 25 Mar. '76. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 141.
- 465.1. Lichfield. Mon. 25 March '76. James Boswell (Lichfield). Not traced.—Boswell Papers xi. 199.
- 466. Sa. 30 Mar. '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Newton.—1788, No. 142.
- 467. M. 1 Apr. '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 143.
- 467a. Bath. M. 1 Apr. '76. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.51—
- 468. Th. 4 Apr. '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 144.
- 469. Th. 4 Apr. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Adam.—Hill, J.M. 1897, ii. 447.
- 470. Tu. 9 Apr. '76. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 145.
- 470a. Southwark. Tu. ⟨9 Apr. '76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.53—
- 471. Th. 11 Apr. '76. Frances Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 398.
- 472. Th. 11 Apr. '76. The Earl of Hertford. Not traced.—GM 1850, 33, 292 (endorsement dated 11 May).
- 473. Sa. 13 Apr. '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourn, Derbyshire. University of Rochester, N.Y.—Hill 1892.
- 474. M. 15 Apr. '76. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Miss Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 409 (part only); Hill, 1897, ii. 448.
- 475. Bath. (c. 22 April '76.) James Boswell (London). Not traced; copy by one of JB's children, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 66 (Hill iii. 44).
- 475.1. M. 29 Apr. '76. John Taylor. Sotheby 31 Mar. 1875 (not seen).—
- 476. M. 6 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). A. Ettinger.—1788, No. 147.
- 476a. Bath. W. 8 May ('76). From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.54—
- 477. Sa. 11 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 148.
- 478. Tu. 14 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 10 May 1949.—1788, No. 149.
- 479. Th. 16 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Bergson.—1788, No. 150.
- 480. Th. 16 May '76. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 448 (Hill iii. 81).
- 481. Th. 16 May '76. Margaret Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 93 (Hill iii. 85).
- 482. Sa. 18 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Donald F. Hyde.—1788, No. 152.
- 482a. Bath. Tu. 21 May '76. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Sam Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmark: 23 MA. Franked by HT. R 539.55—
- 483. W. 22 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 153.
- 483.1. Th. 23 May '76. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen; extract in catalogue).—
- 484. W. 29 May '76. William Adams (Oxford). Adam.—Morrison Autographs 1885, ii. 342.
- 484a. Southampton. Th. 30 May ⟨'76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.56—
- 485. M. 3 June '76. Henry Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 154.
- 486. Tu. 4 June ⟨'76⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 155.
- 487. W. 5 June '76. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 156.
- 488. Th. 6 June ⟨'76⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Hyde.—1788, No. 157.
- 488a. Streatham. Th. ⟨? 6 June '76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Sam Johnson Fleet Street. R 539.59—
- 488b. Streatham. F. 7 or Sat. 8 ⟨June '76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.57
- 489. Sa. 8 June ⟨'76⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 158.
- 489a. Streatham. Sa. and Su. ⟨? 8 and 9 June '76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Sam: Johnson Fleet Street. R 540.60—
- 489.1. Sa. 15 June '76. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Miss Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Hill, J 1897, ii. 449.
- 490. F. 21 June '76. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Miss Reynolds. B.M.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 447.
- 491. Sa. 22 June '76. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn—Boswell 1793, ii. 449 (Hill iii. 82).
- 491.1. Sa. 22 June '76. Bennet Langton. Address: To Benet Langton Esq. Fettercairn—
- 492. Tu. 25 (? misdated 23) June '76. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 25 IV. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 423.
- 493. Tu. 2 July '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 94 (Hill iii. 86).
- 493a. Streatham. Tu. 2 July ⟨'76⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Johnson. R 540.61—
- 494. Sa. 6 July '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 95 (Hill iii. 88).
- 495. Th. 11 July '76. Francis Fowke. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.— Warner, Original Letters 1817, 205.
- 496. Sa. 3 Aug. '76. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, ii. 459 (Hill iii. 90).
- 497. Sa. 3 Aug. ⟨'76⟩. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs. Reynolds. Adam; copy by F.R. ('I believe in 74'), Rupert Colomb.—Morrison Autographs 1885, ii. 342.
- 497.1. Sa. 31 Aug. '76. ⟨? Thomas Cadell.⟩ Johnson House.—
- 498. Sa. 21 Sept. '76. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland. W. Marchbank.—Hill 1892.
- 498.1. M. 23 Sept. '76. Robert Levet. Address: To Mr Levett. Adam.—
- 499. Brighthelmston. M. 14 Oct. '76. ⟨William Strahan.⟩ Elkin Mathews 1924.—Hill's Boswell vi. xxxvii.
- 500. Brighthelmston. M. 21 Oct. '76. Robert Levet. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, ii. 461 (Hill iii. 92).
- 500.1. W. 30 Oct. '76. John Hoole. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1932.—
- 501. Th. 14 Nov. '76. John Ryland. Christie 5 June 1888 (not seen).—Hill 1892.
- 502. Sa. 16 Nov. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 98 (Hill iii. 93).
- 503. Su. 1 Dec. '76. Thomas Percy. Address: To the Reverend Dr Percy. Dyce-Forster.—Hill 1892.
- 504. M. 2 Dec. ⟨'76⟩. Thomas Percy. Address (Hill): To the Reverend Dr Percy. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 504.1. M. 16 Dec. '76. Thomas Percy. Historical Society of Pennsylvania.—
- 505. Sa. 21 Dec. '76. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 99 (Hill iii. 94).
- 505.1. Tu. 24 Dec. '76. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 101 (Hill iii. 97); an extract; overlooked by Hill in Letters.
- 505.2. Tu. 24 Dec. '76. Joseph Nollekens. Address: Mr Nollikens. Fettercairn.—
- 505.3. Sa. 11 Jan. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 505.3a. Streatham. Su. 12 ⟨Jan. '77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street. R 540.94—
- 506. W. 15 Jan. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 159.
- 351. Thursday ⟨? 16 Jan. '77⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1932.—1788, No. 95. Thursday.
- 506a. ⟨c. 16 Jan. '77.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Doctor Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street. R 540.86—
- 506.1. F. 17 Jan. ⟨'77⟩. Thomas Barnard. Earl of Crawford.—
- 506.2. Th. 23 Jan. '77. John Taylor. Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 23 1A. Adam.—
- 506.2a. Streatham. W. 12 Feb. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 4 Feb. 1919 (not seen).—Described in catalogue.
- 506.3. Th. 13 Feb. '77. Bennet Langton. Address: To Benet Langton Esq. Fettercairn.—
- 507. Tu. 18 Feb. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 106 (Hill iii. 104).
- 508. Tu. 25 Feb. '77. George Steevens. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 102 (Hill iii. 100).
- 509. Sa. 8 Mar. '77. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Address (Croker): Sotheby 16 Dec. 1870 (not seen).—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 468.
- 510. Tu. 11 Mar. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 107 (Hill iii. 105).
- 511. Sa. 15. Mar '77. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 470.
- 512. W. 19 Mar. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Leverton Harris.—1788, No. 160.
- 512a. Brighthelmston. Sa. 5 Apr. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Doctor Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmark: 7 AP. Franked by HT. R 540.62—
- 512.1. ⟨F.⟩ 4 Apr. ⟨'77⟩. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 513. W. 9 Apr. '77. Henry Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 161
- 514. Sa. 12 Apr. '77. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 515. Sa. 3 May '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 110 (Hill iii. 108).
- 516. Sa. 3 May '77. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 3 MA. Morgan.—Hill 1892.
- 516a. Streatham. Sa. ⟨17 May '77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.63—
- 517. M. 19 May '77. Charles O'Connor. Not traced; copy by J. C. Walker, Isham.—Thomas Campbell, Strictures on the … History of Ireland 1790, p. 1 (extract); Boswell 1791, ii. 113 (Hill iii. 111).
- 518. M. 19 May '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 162.
- 519. M. 19 May '77. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 423.
- 519a. Brighthelmston. Su. 25 May ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: none (MS. mutilated). Postmark: 26 MA. R 540.64—
- 519.1. M. 2 ⟨? June '77⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen; extract in catalogue).—
- 519.1a. Streatham. Tu. 3 June ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Johnson Fleet Street. R 540.65—
- 519.2. W. 11 June '77. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen; 'a list of engagements').—
- 519.3. Tu. 17 June '77. ⟨Edmund Allen.⟩ Newton.—Chapman, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Dodd 1926.
- 520. F. 20 June '77. Charles Jenkinson. Address (Boswell): To the Right Honourable Charles Jenkinson. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 138 (Hill iii. 145).
- 521. Su. 22 June '77. William Dodd. Not traced; copy (by Edmund Allen), Newton (see Chapman, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Dodd 1926, 19).—Boswell 1791, ii. 138 (Hill iii. 145).
- 521.1. Su. 22 June '77. Edmund Allen. Address: To Mr. Allen in Bolt Court Fleetstreet. Newton.—Chapman, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Dodd 1926.
- 522. Tu. 24 June '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 121 (Hill iii. 124).
- 522.1. W. 25 June '77. The Countess of Harrington. Address: To the Right Hon. Lady H. Not traced; copy (by Edmund Allen), Newton.—Chapman, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Dodd 1926, 28.
- 523. Th. 26 June '77. William Dodd. Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Dr Dodd. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 140, from Johnson's own copy (Hill iii. 147).
- 524. Sa. 28 June '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 119 (Hill iii. 120).
- 525. Su. 29 June '77. Bennet Langton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 122 (Hill iii. 124).
- 526. M. 7 July '77. William Sharp. Not traced.—GM Feb. 1787; Boswell 1791, ii. 123, wrongly assigned to Edward Dilly (Hill iii. 126).
- 526.1. M. 7 July '77. Bennet Langton. Address: To Mr Langton. Fettercairn.—
- 527. Sa. 19 July '77. William Vyse. Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Dr. Vyse, at Lambeth. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 123; the date 9 July is a misprint of 1793 (Hill iii. 125).
- 528. Tu. 22 July '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 125 (Hill iii. 127).
- 529. Tu. 22 July '77. Margaret Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 126 (Hill iii. 129).
- 530. Tu. 22 July '77. Richard Farmer (Cambridge). Morgan.—GM Jan. 1835. Address (GM; not now in original): To Dr. Farmer, Emanuel Coll., Cambridge.
- 531. Tu. 22 July '77. William Vyse. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1807, iii. 134.
- 531.1. ⟨'77⟩. William Vyse.
- 531.2. Sa. 26 July '77. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence. Cecil Tildesley.—Outlook 11 May 1912.
- 532. Oxford. Th. 31 July '77. Henry Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 163.
- 532a. Streatham. Sa. 2 Aug. '77. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford. R 540.66—
- 533. Oxford. M. 4 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 164.
- 534. Oxford. M. 4 Aug. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 127 (Hill iii. 130).
- 535. Lichfield. Th. 7 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq. in Southwark. Postmark: 9 AV. Newton.—1788, No. 165.
- 536. Lichfield. Sa. 9 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Lichfield.—1788, No. 166.
- 537. Lichfield. W. 13 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale. O. R. Barrett.—1788, No. 167.
- 537a. Streatham. W. 13 Aug. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. R 540.67 (imperfect)—
- 538. Lichfield. Sa. 23 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 6 Dec. 1904 (not seen).—1788, No. 168. An extract (My master … pounds a year) in Quaritch cat. 253 of 1906.
- 539. Lichfield. W. 27 Aug. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Southwark). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq. in Southwark. Postmark: 29 AV. Lady Charnwood.—1788, No. 169.
- 539a. Streatham. Th. 28 Aug. '77. From Hester Maria Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.68—Lansdowne, Queeney Letters 1934, 10.
- 539b. Streatham. Sa. 30 Aug. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.69—
- 539.1. Lichfield. F. 29 Aug. '77. Joseph Nollekens. Address: To Mr Nollikens in Mortimer Street, Oxford Road London. Postmark: 29 AV. Fettercairn.—
- 540. Ashbourne. Sa. 30 Aug. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 128 (Hill iii. 131).
- 541. Ashbourne. M. 1 Sept. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 128 (Hill iii. 131).
- 541.1. Ashbourne.—Th. 4 Sept. '77. Hester Maria Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 7.
- 542. Ashbourne. Sa. 6 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 170.
- 542a. Streatham. Sa. 6 Sept. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne (see note on 541.1). Address: To Doctor Johnson at the Revd Dr Taylors Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: LITCHFIELD. R 540.70—
- 543. Ashbourne. M. 8 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 171.
- 544. Ashbourne. Th. 11 Sept. '77. James Boswell (Carlisle). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 131 (Hill iii. 135).
- 545. Ashbourne. Sa. 13 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 172; Boswell 1791, ii. 131, an extract (Hill iii. 134).
- 546. Ashbourne. Sa. 13 Sept. '77. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Aston at Stow hill Lichfield. Postmark illegible. Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iii. 499.
- 547. Ashbourne. M. 15 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 173.
- 547a. Streatham. Tu. 16 Sept. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.71.—
- 548. Ashbourne. Th. 18 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 174.
- 548a. Streatham. Sa. 18 Sept. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.72— Streatham 18: Septr.
- 549. Ashbourne. Sa. 20 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 176.
- 549a. Streatham. ⟨Sa. 20 Sept. '77.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.73—
- 550. Ashbourne. M. 22 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 177.
- 550.1. Ashbourne. ⟨Tu. 23 Sept. '77.⟩ James Boswell. Address: To James Boswel Esq R. H. Isham.—Pottle, Catalogue of Boswell Papers 1931, No. 466.
- 551. Ashbourne. Th. 25 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 178.
- 551a. London. F. 26 (misdated 25) Sept. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. Address: To Dr Sam: Johnson at the Rev: Dr Taylor's Ashburn Derbys. Postmark: 26 and 27 SE (one stamped in error?). Franked by HT. R 540.74—
- 552. Ashbourne. Sa. 27 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 179.
- 553. Ashbourne. M. 29 Sept. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 180.
- 553a. Brighthelmston. Th. 2 Oct. '77. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne (see note on 553b). Not traced.—Brighton Herald 17 Oct. 1857.
- 553b. Brighthelmston. Sa. ⟨? 4 Oct. '77.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. Address (see note): To Doctor Johnson at the Revd Dr Taylors Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: LITCHFIELD. R 540.75—
- 554. Ashbourne. M. 6 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 183.
- 554a. Brighton. Sa. 11 Oct. '77. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne (see note on 553b). Address: To Doctor Johnson at the Revd Dr Taylors in Ashburn Derby Shire. Postmark: LITCHFIELD. R 540.76.—
- 555. Ashbourne. M. 13 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 185.
- 556. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 186.
- 556a. Brighthelmston. Th. 16 ⟨Oct.' 77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.77—
- 556b. Brighthelmston. Sa. 18 Oct. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540.78—
- 557. Lichfield. W. 22 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 10 May 1949–1788, No. 187.
- 558. Lichfield. Sa. 25 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 188. Lichfield Oct. 25. 1777
- 559. Lichfield. M. 27 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 189.
- 560. Lichfield. W. 29 Oct. '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Lichfield.—1788, No. 190.
- 561. Lichfield. M. 3 Nov. (misdated Oct.) '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 182; quotation in Maggs's Cat. 365, 1918, 416.
- 561.1. Th. 6 Nov. '77. Mrs. Thrale. Lord Charnwood—1788, but cancelled in proof. Broadley, Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale 191 o, 113, from the proof-sheets then in his possession.
- 561.a. Brighthelmstone. Sa. 8 (misdated 7) Nov. ⟨'77⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.79—
- 562. M. 10 Nov. (misdated Oct.) '77. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Newton.—1788, No. 184.
- 563. Th. 20 Nov. '77. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Aston Stow Hill Lichfield. Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 20 NO. Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 62.
- 564. Th. 20 Nov. '77. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter Lichfield. Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 20 NO. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 62.
- 565. Tu. 25 Nov. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 177 (Hill iii. 210).
- 565.1. Tu. 16 Dec. '77. Thomas Johnson. Clifton College.—
- 566. Sa. 27 Dec. '77. Jane Gastrell (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 67.
- 567. Sa. 27 Dec. '77. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 180 (Hill iii. 214).
- 568. Sa. 24 Jan. '78. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 182 (Hill iii. 215).
- 569. W. 28 Jan. '78. Thomas Cadell. Address (Hill): To Mr. Cadell. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 570. F. 30 Jan. '78. —— (Oxford). Not traced.—Hill's Boswell 1887, v. 454.
- 571. Tu. 3 Feb. '78. Saunders Welch (Rome). Address (Boswell): To Saunders Welch, Esq. at the English Coffee-House, Rome. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 269 (Hill iii. 217).
- 572. Th. 19 Feb. 1778. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 72.
- 572a. Southwark. F. 20 ⟨? Feb. '78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Johnson Fleet Street. R 540.107—
- 572b. Southwark. M. ⟨? 16 or 23 Feb. '78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Johnson. R 540.106—
- 573. Th. 5 Mar. '78. Elizabeth Montague. Huntington.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 75.
- 574. F. 6 Mar. '78. Elizabeth Montague. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 75.
- 574.1. William Adams. See Addenda, p. .
- 574.2. W. 22 Apr. '78. Richard Clark. Address: To —— Clark Esq C. S. Cow.—
- 575. Th. 23 Apr. '78. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced; copy by JB, Isham (see Addenda, p. 529) (no variants).—Boswell 1791, ii. 218 (Hill iii. 277).
- 575a. Streatham. Su. ⟨? Apr. or May '78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street. R 540.80—
- 576. Th. 30 Apr. '78. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 191.
- 577. ⟨F. 15 May '78.⟩ Mauritius Lowe. Address (Examiner): Mr. Lowe, Hedge Lane. Not traced.—Examiner 24 May 1873.
- 577a. Streatham. ⟨? 20 June '78.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Mr Johnson. R 539.52—
- 577.1. Tu. 30 June '78. ——. Sotheby 25 Apr. 1843, 175 (not seen).—
- 578. F. 3 July '78. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 274 (Hill iii. 362).
- 578.1. Streatham. Th. 17 July '78. Richard Clark. Address: To Richard Clerk Esq Sheriff of London Great Broad Street. Guildhall.—
- 579. M. 27 July '78. William Strahan. Not traced; copy by WS, Isham (No variants).—Boswell 1791, ii. 275, dated in B's text (Hill iii. 364).
- 580. M. 27 July '78. James Elphinston. Not traced.—Shaw's Memoirs of Johnson 1785, 168; Elphinston, Forty Years' Corresp. 1791, ii. 246.
- 580.1. ⟨'78.⟩ John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nichol. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785; Boswell 1791, ii. 345 (Hill iv. 36); overlooked by Hill in Letters.
- 581. M. 27 July '78. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nichol. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 581.1. W. 29 Aug. '78. Bennet Langton (Warley). Address: To Captain Langton at Warly Camp. Fettercairn.—
- 582. ⟨Aug. '78⟩. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 582.1. Th. 13 Oct. '78. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence. Adam.—
- 583. Th. 15 Oct. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 192.
- 583a. Brighthelmston. (?) F. 16 Oct. ⟨'78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Johnson Fleet Street London. Postmark: 17 OC. Franked by HT. R 540.82—
- 584. Sa. 17 Oct. '78. Thomas Cadell.
- 584a. Tunbridge Wells. M. 19 Oct. ⟨'78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Johnson Fleet Street London. Postmarks: TUNBRIDGE WELLS and 20 OC. Franked by HT. R 540.83—
- 585. Sa. 24 Oct. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Tunbridge Wells). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq at Tunbridge Wells (redirected to London). Postmarks: 24 and 26 OCT. Newton.—1788, No. 193.
- 585.1. Sa. 24 Oct. '78. Hester Maria Thrale (Tunbridge Wells). Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 10.
- 585.1a. Brighthelmston. W. 28 Oct. ⟨'78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.84—
- 586. Sa. 31 Oct. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq at Brighthelmston Sussex. Postmark: 31 OC. Bodleian.—1788, No. 194.
- 587. Sa. 31 Oct. '78. Bennet Langton (Warley). Address: To Captain Langton at Warley-camp. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 276 (Hill iii. 365).
- 588. M. 2 Nov. '78. Benjamin Wheeler (Oxford). Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Dr Wheeler, Oxford. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 277 (Hill iii. 366).
- 589. M. 2 Nov. '78. Edward Edwards (Oxford). Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Dr. Edwards, Oxford. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 277 (Hill iii. 367).
- 589.1. M. 2 Nov. '78. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney. Miss Blanche Burney (endorsed 'From Dr Johnson Novr 2d 1778 No 5').—
- 589.1a. Streatham (?). Su. 8 Nov. ⟨'78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street. Postmark: PENNY POST. 8 NO. R 540.81 (endorsed by J: 'Mrs. Thrale—78'—'79' erased).—
- 589.2. Sa. 7 Nov. '78. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan, Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S. J., 1915.
- 590. M. 9 Nov. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 195.
- 591. Sa. 14 Nov. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Newton.—1788, No. 197.
- 592. Sa. 21 Nov. '78. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq at Brighthelmston Sussex. Postmark: 21 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 198.
- 592a. Brighthelmston. Sa. 21 Nov. ⟨'78⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.85—
- 593. Sa. 21 Nov. '78. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 278 (Hill iii. 368).
- 594. M. ⟨23 Nov. '78⟩. John Nichols. B.M.—Gent. Mag. Jan. 1785.
- 595. Th. 26 Nov. '78. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nichols. B.M.—Gent. Mag. Jan. 1785.
- 595.1. Sa. 5 Dec. '78. Thomas Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 337 (1915), 797 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 596. M. 7 Dec. '78. ⟨Thomas Fitzmaurice.⟩ Sotheby 21 Dec. 1928.—Hill 1892.
- 597. ⟨Dec. '78.⟩ John Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785 (date added by Nichols); Boswell 1791, ii. 345 (Hill iv. 36).
- 598. Th. 29 Dec. '78. John Hussey. Address: To the Revd Mr Hussey. D. Nichol Smith (mutilated, lacking the subscription, signature, and date given by Boswell; endorsed 'from Dr. Johnson previous to my departure for Aleppo'); JB's copy, Isham.1—Boswell 1791, ii. 279 (Hill iii. 369).
- 598.1. ⟨? '78.⟩ Edmund Burke. Not traced.—Percival Stockdale, Memoirs 1809, ii. 129.
- 599. Sa. 2 Jan. '79. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 237.
- 600. Sa. 2 Jan. '79. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 17 March 1930.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 238.
- 600.1. Streatham. Th. 21 Jan. '79. Eva Maria Garrick. Tregaskis (1938).—
- 601. Tu. 2 Feb. '79. Eva Maria Garrick. Maggs 1926.—Hill 1892.
- 602. M. 15 Feb. '79. Frances Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 240.
- 603. M. 1 Mar. '79. John Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785; Boswell 1791, ii. 345 (Hill iv. 36).
- 604. Th. 4 Mar. '79. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 241.
- 605. Th. 4 Mar. '79. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). D. F. Pennant.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 241.
- 605.1. 9 Mar. '79. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 9 MR. Sotheby 2 March 1940.—
- 606. W. 10 Mar. '79. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 199.
- 606a. Streatham. Th. ⟨11 Mar. '79⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Johnson Fleet Street. R 540.87—
- 607. Sa. 13 Mar. '79. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 281 (Hill iii. 372).
- 608. Th. 18 Mar. '79. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 200.
- 608a. Th. 1 Apr. ⟨'79⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street. R 540.88—
- 608.1. F. 9 Apr. '79. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Adam.—
- 609. W. 13 Apr. '79. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr. Cadel. Newton.—Hill 1892 (misdated 3 April).
- 610. M. 26 Apr. '79. James Boswell (London). Address (Boswell): To Mr. Boswell. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 292 (Hill iii. 391).
- 610.1. Tu. 27 Apr. '79. Edmund Burke (London).
- 611. Su. 2 May '79. John Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785; Boswell 1791, ii. 346 (Hill iv. 36).
- 612. M. 3 May '79. John Wesley (Edinburgh). Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Mr. John Wesley. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 294 (Hill iii. 394).
- 613. Tu. 4 May '79. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). A. Houghton.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 265.
- 614. Tu. 4 May '79. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: Miss Lucy Porter Lichfield. Franked by Strahan. Postmark: 5 MA. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 293 (Hill iii. 393).
- 614.1. Tu. 4 May '79. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: Revd Dr Taylor Ashburn Derbyshire. Franked by Strahan. Postmarks: 5 and 6 MA. Harvard.—
- 615. Th. 20 May '79. Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—1788, No. 201.
- 615a. Brighthelmston. W. 26 May ⟨'79⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. Address: To Doctor Sam: Johnson at Lichfield. Postmark: 29 MA. Franked by HT. R 540.89—
- 616. Lichfield. Sa. 29 May '79. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 202.
- 616.1. Ashbourne. Th. 10 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmark: 12 IV. Adam.—
- 617. Ashbourne. Sa. 12 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 203 (misdated 14 June).
- 618. Ashbourne. M. 14 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 204.
- 618.1. Ashbourne. M. 14 June '79. Nathan Wetherell (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Dr Wetherel in Oxford. Postmark: 16 IV. Huntington.—
- 619. Lichfield. c. 18 June (misdated 15 July) '79. Henry Thrale. Address: To Henry Thrale Esq in Southwark. Postmark: LITCHFIELD. Bergson.—1788, No. 209.
- 620. Ashbourne. Th. 17 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Seen.—1788, No. 205.
- 620a. Streatham. Th. 17 June ⟨'79⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. Address: To Dr Sam: Johnson at Lichfield. Postmark: 17 IV. Franked by HT. R 540.90—
- 620.1. Ashbourne. Th. 17 June '79. ⟩Charles Burney.⟩ F. A. Pottle.—
- 621. Lichfield. Sa. 19 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 206.
- 622. Lichfield. W. 23 June '79. Henry Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 207.
- 623. Lichfield. Th. 24 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 208.
- 623a. Streatham. Th. 24 June '79. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. Address: To Dr Sam: Johnson at Lichfield. Postmark: 24 IV. Franked by HT. R 540.91—
- 623.1. Lichfield. Sa. 26 June '79. Mrs. Thrale. Lady Charnwood.—Cornhill Mag. Nov. 1927.
- 623.1a. Streatham. Sa. 26 June '79. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. R 540.92—
- 624. Su. 27 June '79. Frances Reynolds. Not traced; copy by FR, dated 27 July 1779, Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 269.
- 625. Tu. 13 July '79. Charles Dilly. Address (Boswell): To Mr. Dilly. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 294, dated in JB's text (Hill iii. 394).
- 626. Tu. 13 July '79. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 295 (Hill iii. 395).
- 626.1. Th. 29 July '79. Thomas Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 343 (1916), 290 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 627. Tu. 3 Aug. '79. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor at Ashbourne Derbyshire. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 461.
- 627a. Streatham. Tu. 17 ⟨Aug. '79⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.58—
- 627.1. Tu. 24 Aug. '79 (misdated 1777). Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Beyer (1927).—
- 628. Streatham. Th. 9 Sept. '79. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 296 (Hill iii. 396).
- 629. M. 4 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale. Bergson.—1788, No. 210.
- 630. Tu. 5 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 211.
- 631. F. 8 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 212.
- 632. M. 11 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Huntington.—1788, No. 213.
- 633. Sa. 16 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Bergson.—1788, No. 214.
- 634. Tu. 19 Oct. '79. Frances Reynolds. Sotheby 5 June 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 288.
- 635. Tu. 19 Oct. '79. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 19 OC. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 461.
- 635.1. Tu. 19 Oct. '79. Lucy Porter (Lichfield).
- 636. Th. 21 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 215.
- 636.1. Th. 21 Oct. ⟨'79⟩. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs. Reynolds. Rupert Colomb (endorsed by F.R. 'Dr Johnson believe in 79'; she wrote first '80' but erased it).—
- 637. M. 25 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Bergson.—1788, No. 216.
- 638. M. 25 Oct. '79. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 291.
- 639. W. 27 Oct. '79. James Boswell (Chester). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 307 (Hill iii. 413).
- 640. Th. 28 Oct. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Houghton.—1788, No. 217.
- 640.1. Su. 31 Oct. '79. Robert Chambers (Calcutta?). Adam.—
- 641. Tu. 2 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 218.
- 642 Th. 4 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 219.
- 643. F. 5 Nov. '79. Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 292.
- 644. Su. 7 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 220.
- 645. M. 8 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 221.
- 645.1. Th. 11 Nov. '79. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 12.
- 646. Sa. 13 Nov. '79. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 310 (Hill iii. 416).
- 647. Tu. 16 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Bergson.—1788, No. 223.
- 648. Sa. 20 Nov. '79. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Leverton Harris.—1788, No. 224.
- 649. Th. 2 Dec. '79. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced.—Hill 1892 (part only); JM 1897, ii. 450.
- 649.1. Th. 9 Dec. '79. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 26 Apr. 1869 (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 649.2. Sa. 25 Dec. '79. Hester Maria Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Miss Thrale at Streatham. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 14.
- 649.3. W. 29 Dec. '79. Hester Maria Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Miss Thrale Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 15.
- 650. Th. 20 Jan. '80. Thomas Lawrence. Address (JB's copy): To Doctor Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 258 (1910), 526 (not seen).—Extracts in catalogue; Europ. Mag. Apr. 1789, XV. 282; Works XV, 1789, 494; Boswell 1791, ii. 311 (Hill iii. 419).
- 650.1. F. 25 Feb. '80. ⟨? George Colman.⟩ Sotheby 7 Dec. 1900 (not seen).—Sotheby Catalogue.
- 651. ⟨Early '80.⟩ John Nichols. B.M. (two notes, combined by Nichols in publication).—GM Jan. 1785.
- 652. ⟨Early '80⟩. John Nichols. B.M. (two notes, combined and wrongly paragraphed by Nichols in publication).—GM Jan. 1785.
- 653. ⟨Early '80⟩. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 654. Th. 6 Apr. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Newton.—1788, No. 225 (misdated 1779 but not misplaced).
- 655. Sa. 8 Apr. '80. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 312 (Hill iii. 420).
- 656. Sa. 8 Apr. '80. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). D. F. Pennant.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 303.
- 656.1. Sa. 8 Apr. '80. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 16.
- 657. Tu. 11 Apr. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Newton.—1788, No. 226.
- 658. Sa. 15 Apr. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 227.
- 659. Tu. 18 Apr. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Newton.—1788, No. 228.
- 660 . See next page.
- 661. W. ⟨19 Apr. '80⟩. Charles Burney. Address (Hill): To Dr Burney—or any Burney. Not traced.—Hill 1892 (misplaced).
- 660. Th. 20 Apr. '80 (misdated 1778, cf. 660.1). John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Rev Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Gabriel Wells.—Morrison Autographs 1885, ii. 343.
- 660.1. Th. 20 Apr. '80 (misdated 1778, cf. 660). Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, but cancelled in proof. Broadley, Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale 1910, 114, from the proofsheets then in his possession.
- 660.1a. Bath. Th. ⟨20 Apr.'80.⟩ From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.93—
- 661 . W. ⟨19 Apr. '80⟩. Charles Burney. See above, after .
- 661.1. (? Sa.) 22 Apr. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs. Lucy Porter Lichfield. Franked by Thrale. Postmark: 22 AP. Fettercairn.—
- 662. Tu. 25 Apr. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 229.
- 662a. Bath. F. 28 Apr. ⟨'80⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmark: 1 MA. Franked by HT. Fettercairn (Cat. 1451).—Boswell 1791, ii. 314, suppressing the names Cotton and Aston (Hill iii. 421).
- 663. M. 1 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 230; Boswell 1791, ii. 315, an extract (Hill iii. 423).
- 663a. Bath. W. 3 May '80. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.95—
- 663b. Bath. Th. 4 May '80. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.96—
- 664. Su. 7 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 231.
- 665. M. 8 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sir Samuel Scott.—1788, No. 232.
- 666. Tu. 9 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Lichfield.—1788, No. 234.
- 667. Tu. 9 May '80. Thomas Warton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 311.
- 667.1. Southwark. F. 19 May '80. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney, 1932, 17.
- 668. Tu. 23 May '80. Joseph Warton (Winchester). Not traced.—Wooll's Warton 1806, 390; Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 312, from the MS.
- 669. Tu. 23 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Henry Thrale Esq at Bath. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.–1788, No. 235.
- 669a. Bath. Tu. 23 May '80. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.97.
- 670. ⟨? May '80⟩. John Nichols. Address (not in J's hand): To Mr Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785, i. 10.
- 671. ⟨W. 24 May '80; date added by Nichols.⟩ John Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 672. Th. 25 May '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Bergson.—1788, No. 237.
- 673. Tu. 23 May '80. Richard Farmer (Cambridge). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 317 (Hill iii. 427).
- 674. Tu. 30 May '80. Henry Thrale (Bath). Bergson.—1788, No. 238.
- 674a. Bath. Sa. 3 June ⟨'80⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.98—
- 675. Tu. 6 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Newton.—1788, No. 239.
- 676. Tu. 6 June '80. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Ernest Sadler.—Hill 1892.
- 677. F. 9 June ' 80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Lichfield.—1788, No. 240; Boswell 1791, ii. 317, an extract (Hill iii. 428).
- 678. Sa. 10 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not collated).—1788, No. 242; Boswell 1791, ii. 318, an extract (Hill iii. 429). Maggs catalogue 417, 2838, an independent text.
- 679. M. 12 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 4 June 1908 (not seen); 1788, No. 243; Boswell 1791, ii. 318, an extract (Hill iii. 430).
- 680. W. 14 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 4 June 1908 (not seen).—1788, No. 244.
- 681. Th. 15 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 18 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 245.
- 682. F. 16 June '80. Frances Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, iv. 319.
- 683. F. 16 June '80. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 684. W. 21 June '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 246.
- 685. Tu. 4 July '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Newton.—1788, No. 247.
- 686. M. 10 July '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Newton.—1788, No. 248.
- 686.1. Th. 13 July '80. Robert Lowth. Bodleian.—Bodleian Library Record i. 12, Dec. 1940, 199.
- 686.2. Tu. 18 July '80. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney, 1932, 19.
- 687. Th. 27 July '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 249.
- 688. Th. 27 July '80. Lord Westcote. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 650.
- 689. F. 28 July '80. Lord Westcote. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 650.
- 689.1. M. 31 July '80. Charles Burney (Oxford). Address: To Dr Burney at the Golden Cross in Oxford. Bodleian (endorsed 'From Dr Johnson July 31st 1780 N°. 7').—
- 690. Tu. 1 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 250.
- 691. Tu. 8 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Huntington.—1788, No. 251.
- 692. M. 14 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Newton.—1788, No. 252.
- 693. M. 14 Aug. '80. Mary Prowse (Frome). Address: To Mrs Prowse at Berkley, near Frome Somersetshire. Postmark: 14 AV. Rosenbach (1925).—NQ 45. v. 441.
- 694–5. ⟨'80.⟩ To John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol B.M.—GM Jan. 1785 (as if two letters, the second beginning 'I should').
- 696. ⟨? '80.⟩ John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 697. John Nichols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 698. Wednesday ⟨16 Aug. '80⟩. John Nichols. B.M. (the date 16 Aug. in another hand).—GM Jan. 1785.
- 699. F. 18 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 253. Extract in Maggs catalogue 417, 2842, an independent text.
- 699.1. F. 18 Aug. '80. Thomas Lawrence. Address: Dr Lawrence. Rosenbach (1927); endorsed by HLT 'Dr Johnson to Dr Lawrence Father to Sir Soulden Lawrence concerning Mr Thrale's health.'—
- 700. M. 21 Aug. '80. James Beattie (Aberdeen). Address (Boswell): To Dr. Beattie, at Aberdeen. Not traced; copy by Beattie, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 321 (Hill iii. 434).
- 701. M. 21 Aug. '80. James Boswell ((Edinburgh)). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 322 (Hill iii. 435).
- 702. Th. 24 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 255.
- 702a. Brighthelmston. Th. 24 Aug. ⟨'80⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.99.—
- 703. F. 25 Aug. '80. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Not traced.—1788, No. 256.
- 703a. Brighthelmston. Su. 27 Aug. ⟨'80⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.100—
- 703.1. M. 28 Aug. '80. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 21.
- 704. W. 30 Aug. '80. Charles Lawrence (Cambridge). Address (Vol. xv): To the Reverend Charles Lawrence. St. John's College, Cambridge. G. Wells.—Europ. Mag. May 1785, Boswell 1791, ii. 323, 'to a young clargyman' (Hill iii. 436); Works XV (1789), 496, 'To the Reverend Charles Lawrence … republished from the original.'
- 705. Sa. 9 Sept. '80. Viscountess Southwell (Dublin). Address (Malone): To the Right Honourable Lady Southwell, Dublin. Sotheby 3 Aug. 1858 (not seen).—Malone's Boswell 1804, iii. 476.
- 706. W. 13 Sept. '80. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan, Esq. Sotheby 19 April 1918 (not seen).—Hill 1892.
- 706.1. ⟨? Sept. '80.⟩ Lord North. Rosenbach (1927); endorsed by HLT: 'By Dr Johnson a Copy of a Letter to be written To Lord North a very short Time before Mr Thrale's death'.
- 707. Sa. 23 Sept. '80. Samuel Hardy. Address (Hill): To the Reverend Samuel Hardy. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 707.1. M. 16 Oct. '80. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. University of California.—Dixon Wecter in Mod. Lang. Notes Nov. 1941, 528.
- 708. Tu. 17 Oct. '80. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 328 (Hill iii. 441).
- 709. Brighthelmston. Th. 26 Oct. '80. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol B.M. (Brighthelmston added to date in another hand).—
- 710. Sa. 9 Dec. '80. Mary Prowse (Frome). Rosenbach (1925).—NQ 45. v. 441.
- 711. Sa. 30 Dec. '80. William Vyse (Lambeth). Address (Malone): To the Reverend Dr. Vyse, at Lambeth. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1807, iii. 480.
- 711.1. ⟨1780.⟩ Charles Allen (Rochester). Not traced.—Shaw's Memoirs of Johnson 1785, 156.
- 711.2. ⟨Late'80 or early '81.⟩ John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—Boswell 1791, ii. 361 (Hill iv. 58, overlooked in Letters).
- 711.3. ⟨?'80.⟩ George Fletcher. Not traced; described in Shaw's Staffordshire i. 323.
- 712. M. 29 Jan. '81. Warren Hastings (India). B.M.—GM June 1785, misdated 9 Jan.; Boswell 1791, ii. 370, with the same date (Hill iv. 70). See Addenda, p. 531.
- 712.1. Th. 1 Mar. '81. Lord Lucan. Not traced.—Morning Herald 8 June 1792, communicated by 'A.B.'. Address (Morning Herald): To the Right Honourable Lord Lucan.
- 713. M. 5 Mar. '81. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 714. M. 5 Mar. '81. ⟨Thomas Cadell.⟩ Adam.—Known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 714.1. Th. 8 Mar. '81. Margaret Owen (Penrhos). Address: Miss Owen at Penrhos near Shrewsbury. National Library of Wales.—Western Mail 1 Aug. 1938.
- 714.2. Th. 8 March '81. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Maggs 1947 (copy by them).—
- 715. W. 14 Mar. '81. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 370 (Hill iv. 71).
- 716. W. 4 Apr. '81. Joshua Reynolds. Yale.—Boswell 1791, ii. 379 (Hill iv. 84).
- 717. Th. 5 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Postmark: 5 AP. Newton.—1788, No. 257.
- 718. Sa. 7 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). A. Houghton.—1788, No. 258.
- 719. M. 9 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). A. Houghton.—1788, No. 259.
- 720. Tu. 10 Apr. '81. William Vyse. Address (Malone, now lost?): To the Rev. Dr. Vyse at Lambeth. Adam.—Malone's Boswell 1811, iii. 480.
- 721. W. 11 Apr. '81. Mrs Thrale (Brighthelmston). Adam.—1788, No. 260.
- 722. Th. 12 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Clifton College.—1788, No. 261.
- 723. Th. 12 Apr. '81. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Litchfield. Postmark: 12 AP. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 382 (Hill iv. 89).
- 724. Sa. 14 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Postmark: 14 AP. Adam.—1788, No. 262.
- 725. M. 16 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Copy by C. B. Tinker.—1788, No. 263.
- 726. M. 16 Apr. '81. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M. (the year in another hand).—GM Jan. 1785.
- 727. Tu. 17 Apr. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Postmark illegible. Adam.—1788, No. 264.
- 727.1. Tu. 17 Apr. ⟨? '81⟩. Not traced.—A bookseller's catalogue, reference mislaid. Possibly the same as 727; but 727 is fully dated.
- 727.2. Th. 19 Apr. '81. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 23.
- 728. M. 23 Apr. '81. Margaret Strahan. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 389 (Hill iv. 100).
- 729. M. 7 May '81. Mary Prowse (Frome). Address: To Mrs Prowse. Rosenbach (1925).—NQ 4 S. v. 441.
- 729.1. Sa. 12 May '81. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire Postmark: 12 MA. Owen D. Young.—
- 729.2. ⟨May '81.⟩ John Nichols. B.M.; written on part of a letter addressed to Johnson at Bolt Court by Thrale, with a Brighthelmston postmark; the date added in another hand.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 729.3. Tu. 22 May '81. Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 34.
- 729.4. M. 28 May '81. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. National Library of Scotland.—
- 730. Sa. 2 June '81. John Perkins (Southwark). Address: To Mr Perkins in Southwark. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1793, ii. 373 (Hill iv. 118).
- 730.1. W. 6 June '81. Frederick Augusta Barnard. Kroch, Dec. 1949 (not seen).—Text in catalogue.
- 730.2. Sa. 9 June '81. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Miss Lucy Porter. Sotheby 15 April 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 1 (overlooked by Hill).
- 731. Su. 10 June '81. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.; the last sentence is a distinct note, undated.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 732. Sa. 16 June '81. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Captain Langton in St Margarets Rochester. Postmark: 16 IV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 409 (Hill iv. 132).
- 733. Sa. 23 June '81. Joshua Reynolds. New York Public Library.—Boswell 1793, iii. 391 (Hill iv. 133).
- 734. M. 25 June '81. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 4.
- 735. M. 2 July '81. ⟨John Perkins.⟩ Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 736. M. 9 July '81. Frances Burney. New York Public Library.—Early Diary of F.B. 1889, i. 169.
- 736.1. Tu. 10 July'81. ——— Donald S. Turtle.—
- 737. Tu. 17 July '81. Thomas Astle. Address (T.A.'s copy): To T. Astle Esqr. Not traced; copy for JB, Isham—Boswell 1791, ii. 410 (Hill iv. 133); Nichols, L.A. 1812, iii. 205, perhaps from an independent source.
- 737.1. Tu. 17 July '81. Charles Dilly. Anderson Galleries, 13 May 1918 (not seen).—
- 738. Th. 28 June '81. Frances Reynolds. F. W. Hilles (see Addenda, p. 530); Malone's copy, Bodleian; a copy by Mary Palmer, the late A. H. Hallam Murray.—Malone's Boswell 1811, iv. 143; Northcote's Life of Reynolds 1818, ii. 115; Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 4, 1848, 697.
- 738.1. M. 6 Aug. '81. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 739. M. 24 or Tu. 25 Sept. '81. Thomas Patten. Not traced; copy by Harwood (c. 1820) at Pembroke.—GM Apr. 1819.
- 739.1. M. 24 Sept. '81. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (defective): … Dr Taylor … Ashbourne Derbyshire. B.M.—
- 739.2. M. 8 Oct. '81. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 740. M. 15 Oct. '81. —— Lowe. Adam; known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 740.1. M. 15 Oct. '81. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address lost. Postmark: 15 OC. Houghton.—
- 741. Oxford. W. 17 Oct. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen; copy by R. B. Adam).—1788, No. 265.
- 741a. Southwark. W. 17 Oct. '81. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Oxford (forwarded to Lichfield). Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson at [Oxford erased] Litchfield. Postmark: 17 OC. and LITCHFIELD. R 540. 101—
- 741b. Streatham. Th. 18 Oct. '81. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield Address: Doctor Samuel Johnson at Mrs Lucy Porter's Lichfield. Postmarks: PENNY POST PAID and 19 OC. R 540. 102—
- 742. Lichfield. Sa. 20 Oct. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Gabriel Wells.—1788, No. 266.
- 742a. Streatham. Su. 21 Oct. ⟨'81⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. Address: Doctor Samuel Johnson at Mrs Lucy Porter's Lichfield. Postmark: 22 OC. R 540. 103—
- 743. Lichfield. Tu. 23 Oct. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Streatham Surrey. Postmark: 26 OC. Adam.—1788, No. 267.
- 743a. Streatham. W. 24 Oct. ⟨'81⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Lichfield. R 540. 104.—
- 744. Lichfield. Sa. 27 Oct. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Streatham Surry. Postmark: 29 oc. Bergson.—1788, No. 268.
- 745. Lichfield. W. 31 Oct. '81. Mrs. Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Streatham Surrey. Postmark: 2 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 269.
- 746. Lichfield. Sat. 3 Nov. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—1788, No. 271.
- 746.1. Lichfield. W. 7 Nov. '81. Hester Maria Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Miss Thrale at Streatham Surry. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 24.
- 747. Ashbourne. Sa. 10 Nov. '81. Mrs. Thrale. F. Leverton Harris.—1788, No. 272.
- 748. Ashbourne. M. 12 Nov. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Goodspeed.—1788, No. 273.
- 749. Ashbourne. W. 14 Nov. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced.—1788, No. 274.
- 749a. Su. 18 Nov. ⟨'81⟩. From Mrs. Thrale to J at Ashbourne. R 540. 105—
- 750. Ashbourne. Sa. 24 Nov. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 4 June 1908 (not seen).—1788, No. 275.
- 751. Ashbourne. M. 26 Nov. '81. Edmund Allen. Address (Croker): To Edmund Allen, Bolt Court. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 699.
- 751.1. Ashbourne. W. 28 Nov. '81. Hester Maria Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Miss Thrale at Streatham Surry. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 26.
- 752. Lichfield. M. 3 Dec. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 276.
- 753. Birmingham. Sa. 8 Dec. '81. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 277.
- 754. W. 26 Dec. ⟨'81⟩. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicols. B.M.—GM Jan. 1785.
- 754.1. W. ⟨'81⟩. Charles Wesley. Adam.—Telford Life of Charles Wesley 1886, 200.
- 755. Tu. 1 Jan. '82. Lowe.
- 756. Sa. 5 Jan. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 412 (Hill iv. 136).
- [756.1. Sa. 5 Jan. '82.
- 756.2. Sa. 5 Jan. '82. Thomas Lawrence. Huntington.—
- 756.3. Su. 6 Jan. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 34.
- 757. Th. 17 Jan. '82. Thomas Lawrence. Address: to Dr Lawrence. R. G. Pruden.—Boswell 1791, ii. 413 (Hill iv. 137).
- 757.1. M. 21 Jan. ⟨'82.⟩ Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr. Laurence. Huntington.—
- 758. M. 28 Jan. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Sotheby 5 May 1930.—1788, No. 291 (misdated 28 June 1781 and placed as if of June 1782).
- 758.1. Jan. '82. ——— E. Byrne Hackett.—
- 758.2. Tu. 29 Jan. '82. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins O. T. Perkins.—
- 759. M. 4 Feb. '82. Margaret Strahan. Address: To Mrs Strahan. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 415 (Hill iv. 140).
- 759.1. M. 4 Feb. '82. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence. Rosenbach 1925.—
- 759.2. Sa. 9 Feb. '82. Hester Chapone. Castle Howard.—Hist. MSS. Comm. Report XV (1897), Part vi, 573.
- 760. Th. 14 Feb. '82. Charles Patrick. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.—GM May 1789, i. 383.
- 761. Sa. 16 Feb. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Donald F. Hyde.—1788, No. 278.
- 762. Su. 17 Feb. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 280.
- 763. Th. 21 Feb. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—1788, No. 281.
- 764. W. 27 Feb. '82. Edmond Malone. Address: To Mr Malone No 55 Queen Anne Street. East. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 416 (Hill iv. 141).
- 765. Sa. 2 Mar. '82. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 416 (Hill iv. 142).
- 766. Sa. 2 Mar. '82. Edmond Malone. Address: To Edmond Malone Esq. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 416 (Hill iv. 141).
- 766.1. Sa. 2 Mar. '82. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Doctor Taylor. J. D. Hughes (1934).—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 452.
- 766.2. W. 13 Mar. '82. Thomas Laurence. Huntington.—
- 767. Th. 14 Mar. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 282.
- 767.1. Th. 14 Mar. '82. ⟨John Taylor.⟩ Sotheby 5 June 1929.—
- 767.5. ⟨Th. 14 Mar. '82.⟩ Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Lawrence. Adam.—
- 767.2. F. 15 Mar. '82. Thomas Lawrence. Huntington.—
- 767.3. Sa. 16 Mar. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 35.
- 767.4. M. 18 Mar. '82. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney. W. R. Benjamin.—
- 767.5 See after .
- 768. Tu. 19 Mar. '82. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 19 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 417 (Hill iv. 142).
- 769. Tu. 19 Mar. '82. Elizabeth Aston. Not traced; known only from a mention in PM for this day.
- 770. W. 20 Mar. '82. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Captain Langton in Rochester. Postmark: 20 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 419 (Hill iv. 145).
- 770.1. W. 20 or Th. 21 Mar. '82. Thomas Lawrence. Huntington (undated); copy by Eliz. L, Isham, dated May 1782.—Works XV, 1789, 499 (dated 21 March 1782).
- 771. Th. 21 Mar. '82. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Postmark: 21 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 420 (Hill iv. 146).
- 772. 28 Aug. n.y. (misplaced by Boswell). Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr Hector in Birmingham. Postmark: 28 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 421 (Hill iv. 147).
- 773. F. 22 Mar. '82. John Taylor. Not traced; known only from an entry in PM: '22 … I wrote to Taylor about the pot'.
- 774. F. 22 Mar. '82. Hamilton. Not traced; known only from an entry in PM: '22 … wrote … to Hamilton about the Foedera'; '28 … Sold Rymer for Davies.'
- 775. Th. 28 Mar. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 422 (Hill iv. 148).
- 776. Sa. 30 Mar. '82. Jane Gastrell and Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 25.
- 777. M. 8 Apr. '82. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 26.
- 778. W. 24 or Th. 25 Apr. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (dated 'April'; not seen).—1788, No. 283 (dated 'April' and placed before the letter of 30 April '82).
- 778.1. Th. 25 April ⟨'82⟩. Francesco Sastres. Address: To Mr Sastres at Mr Bookseller in Mortimer Street. Oxford Road. Postmark: Penny Post Paid T⟨emple⟩ FR. Apr. 26. morning. Huntington Library.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 454.
- 779. Tu. 30 Apr. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Mrs. F. Bowman.—1788, No. 284.
- 779.1. W. 1 May '82. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Lawrence. Huntington; copy by Elizabeth Lawrence, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 418 (Hill iv. 143; quoted but not numbered by Hill in Letters, ii. 251).
- 779.2. Th. 2 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Not traced; copy by C. B. Tinker.—
- 779.3. Sa. 4 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. A. E. Newton.—
- 779.4. Tu. 7 May '82. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 779.5. Tu. 7 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 35.
- 780. W. 8 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 10 May 1949.—1788, No. 285.
- 780.1. Th. 9 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 36.
- 780.2. n.d. Thomas Lawrence. Huntington Library.—
- 781. W. 15 May '82. ⟨Lancelot St. Albyn.⟩ Address (GM): To the Rev. Mr. ——, at Bath. Not traced.—GM 1786, i. 93; Boswell 1791, ii. 423 (Hill iv. 150).
- 782. M. 20 May '82. George Kearsley. Not traced.—Beauties of Johnson 1787 (facsimile); Boswell 1791, i. 116 (Hill i. 214).
- 782.1. Tu. 21 May '82. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 782.2 W. 22 May '82. Elizabeth Lawrence. Maggs Cat. 349 (1916), 1389a (not seen).—Extract in catalogue.
- 782.3. ⟨Su.⟩ 26 May ⟨? '82⟩. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Houghton.—
- 783. M. 27 May '82. ⟨The Editor of The Morning Chronicle.⟩ Harvard. Known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.—
- 784. Tu. 28 May '82. ———— Copy by J. E. Hodgson.—Hill 1892.
- 785. M. 3 June '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 424 (Hill iv. 151).
- 786. Tu. 4 June '82. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach (1925).—1788, No. 286.
- 787. Tu. 4 June '82. Mary Prowse (Frome). Not traced.—NQ 4 S. v. 442.
- 787.1. W. 5 June '82. ⟨? Mrs. Thrale.⟩ Ellery Sedgwick.—
- 787.2. W. 5 June '82. Mrs. Thrale. A. Houghton.—
- 787.3. F. 7 June '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Rylands Library.—R.L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 36.
- 787.4. F. 7 June '82. Frances Burney. Marchioness of Crewe. (Endorsed 'No. 3'.)—
- 788. Sa. 8 June (misdated July) '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. H. Murdock.—1788, No. 292.
- 788.1. Su. 9 June '82. Elizabeth Lawrence. Address: To Miss E. Laurence. Liebert.—
- 789. Oxford. Tu. 11 June '82. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 298 (misdated 1783 and misplaced accordingly).
- 789.1. Oxford. Tu. 11 June '82. Sir Richard Jebb. Address: To Sir Richard Jebb Bart in Westminster. Postmark: 12 IV. Sotheby 17 Feb. 1930.—
- 790. Oxford. W. 12 June '82. Mrs. Thrale. Thomas L. Stix.—1788, No. 287.
- 791. Oxford. Th. 13 June '82. Mrs. Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Streatham Surry. Postmark: 14 IV. C. Tildesley.—1788, No. 288.
- 791.1. Oxford. Th. 13 June '82. John Taylor. Columbia University.—
- 792. Oxford. M. 17 June '82. Mrs. Thrale (Streatham). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Streatham Surry. Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.—1788, No. 290.
- 792.1. M. 24 June '82. William Langley. Not traced.—Quotation in Langley's letter to Johnson 14 Feb. 1783: GM Dec. 1878, 700.
- 792.2. M. 24 June '82. James Burney. Morgan Library.—
- 792.3. Tu. 2 July '82. Elizabeth Lawrence. Not traced; copy by R. B. Adam.—
- 793. M. 8 July '82. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire (redirected to Market Bosworth Leicestershire). Postmarks: 8 and 9 IY. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 461.
- 793.1. M. 8 July '82. Richard Chambers (Newcastle). Address: To Mr. R. Chambers in Newcastle Northumberland. Sotheby 17 March 1930.—
- 793.2. Su. 14 July '82. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs Reynolds. W. R. Batty.—
- 794. M. 22 July '82. Elizabeth Lawrence (Canterbury). Address: To Mrs Eliz. Laurence in Castle St. Canterbury. Copy (source not now known).—Boswell 1791, ii. 418, an extract from a copy (now Isham) by E. L. (Hill iv. 144).
- 795. M. 22 July '82. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor at Market Bosworth Leicestershire. Postmark: 22 IY. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 461.
- 796. Su. 28 July '82. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1793, iii. 415 (Hill iv. 153).
- 797. Sa. 3 (misdated 4) Aug. '82. John Taylor (Market Bosworth). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire (redirected to Market Bosworth Leicestershire). Postmark: 3 AV. National Library of Scotland.—Morrison Catalogue 1885, ii. 343.
- 798. M. 12 Aug. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 13 AV. Morgan Library.—Hill 1892.
- 798.1. Sa. 17 Aug. '82. ⟨? ⟩. Bodleian—William Cotton, Reynolds's Notes on Pictures 1859, 73 (headed 'Dr. Johnson to ———').
- 799. Sa. 17 Aug. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: —AV. Tregaskis (1923).—Hill 1892.
- 800. M. 19 Aug. '82. George Strahan. Address: To the Reverend Mr Strahan. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 801. Sa. 24 Aug. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 425 (Hill iv. 153).
- 802. M. 26 Aug. '82. Elizabeth Lawrence (Canterbury). Address: To Mrs Eliz Laurence in Castle Street Canterbury. Postmark: 26 AV. Adam; copy by E. L. Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 425 (Hill iv. 144).
- 803. Sa. 7 Sept. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 426 (Hill iv. 154).
- . See before .
- 805. Sa. 21 Sept. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 427 (Hill iv. 155).
- 806. Sa. 21 Sept. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Sotheby 31 March 1875 (not seen).—Hill 1892 (from a copy).
- 806.1. Th. 3 Oct. '82. Philip Metcalfe. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 429 (Hill iv. 170); overlooked by Hill in 1892.
- 807. Th. 3 (misdated 4) Oct. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Postmark: 3 OC. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 462.
- 808. Su. 6 Oct. '82. James Compton. Address (Malone): To the Reverend Mr. Compton. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1811, iv. 225.
- 809. Brighthelmston. Th. 10 Oct. '82. George Strahan (Islington). Address: To the Reverend Mr Strahan at Islington London. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 810. Brighthelmston. Th. 10 Oct. '82. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—GM Dec. 1784, 893; Boswell 1791, ii. 430, extract (Hill iv. 161).
- 811. Brighthelmston. Th. 22 Oct. '82. Mauritius Lowe. Address: To Mr Lowe. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 35.
- 811.1. Brighthelmston. Th. 24 Oct. '82. James Compton. Address: To the Reverend Mr Compton. In the post to Mrs Williams. Harvard.—J. T. Fields, Underbrush, Boston 1877, 17.
- 811.2. Brighthelmston. Th. 24 Oct. '82. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq M.P. in London. Stamped FREE. Morgan Library.—
- 812. Brighthelmston. M. 28 Oct. '82. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.; the sentence printed by Nichols as a postscript is on a separate scrap of paper.—GM Dec. 1784, 893, and Jan. 1785, 11; Boswell 1791, ii. 430, extract dated 20 Oct. (Hill iv. 161).
- 812.1. Sa. 9 Nov. '82. Mrs. Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Mrs Thrale. Copy by C. B. Tinker.—
- 813. Brighthelmston. Th. 14 Nov. '82. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 430 (Hill iv. 161).
- 814. Brighthelmston. Th. 14 Nov. '82. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq M. P. London. Postmark illegible. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 814.1. Sa. 30 Nov. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 37.
- 814.2. Tu. 3 Dec. '82. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 804. Sa. 7 Dec. '82. Margaret Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 427, misdated 7 Sept. (Hill iv. 156).
- 815. Sa. 7 Dec. '82. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 427 (Hill iv. 156).
- 815.1. Sa. 7 Dec. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 7 DE. Rosenbach (1925).—
- 815.2. Sa. 7 Dec. '82. Richard Clark. No address, but endorsed 'Dr Johnson to Richard Clark Esqr now Chamberlain of London', with date 1816. Earl Waldegrave.—
- 816. M. 9 Dec. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Not traced.—Facsimile in Morrison Catalogue 1885, ii. 343.
- 816.1. M. 9 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Not traced. Described in J's diary.—
- 817. W. 11 Dec. '82. William Strahan. Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 817.1. W. 11 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Morgan library.—
- 817.2. M. 16 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 37.
- 817.3. Tu. 17 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 38.
- 817.4. W. 18 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 38.
- 818. F. 20 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rosenbach (1927).—1788, No. 293.
- 818.1. Sa. 21 Dec. '82. Hester Maria Thrale. Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 28.
- 819. Th. 26 Dec. '82. Joshua Reynolds. Sotheby 10 May 1875, 22 July 1922 (not seen). Described in 1875 catalogue.
- 819.1. Th. 26 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 39.
- 819.2. Sa. 28 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Harvard.—
- 819.3. M. 30 Dec. '82. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Description in catalogue.
- 820. Tu. 31 Dec. '82. Thomas Wilson (Clitheroe). Address (Boswell): To the Reverend Mr Wilson, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Not traced; copy by Wilson, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 430 (Hill iv. 162); Wilson, Archaeological Dictionary ed. 2, 1793.
- 821. Tu. 31 Dec. '82. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 31 DE. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S, v. 462.
- 821.1. ⟨? '82.⟩ Thomas Wilson. Not traced.—Works of Thomas Wilson (the elder) 1782, xvi.
- 821.2. W. 8 Jan. '83. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 822. F. 10 Jan. '83. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—GM Dec. 1784, 893.
- 823. Th. 16 Jan. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark (probably): 16 IA. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 462.
- 824. Th. 16 Jan. '83. George Strahan (Islington). Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 825. ⟨? Jan. '83⟩. George Strahan (Islington). Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 825.1. F. 17 Jan. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 39.
- 826. M. 20 Jan. '83. Joseph Cradock. Address: To Mr Cradock. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—Cradock's Memoirs 1828, i. 243.
- 826.1. M. 20 Jan. '83. Joseph Cradock. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—
- 827. Tu. 21 Jan. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 21 IA. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 827.1. W. 22 Jan. '83. ——. Harvard.—
- 827.2. c. 4 Feb. '83. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 431, extract (Hill iv. 163; overlooked in Letters).
- 828. Tu. 4 Feb. '83. Elizabeth Lawrence (Canterbury). Address: To Mrs Eliz Laurence in Castle Street Canterbury. Adam; copy by E. L., Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 419 (Hill iv. 144).
- 828.1. M. 10 Feb. '83. Herbert Croft. Address: To Mr Crofts. B.M.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 41.
- 828.2. Sa. 15 Feb. '83. ——.
- 828.3. M. 17 ⟨? Feb. or Mar. '83⟩. Hester Maria Thrale. Address: To Miss Thrale No 37 Argyle Street. Postmark illegible. Adam.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 451.
- 829. W. 19 Feb. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. F. W. Hilles.—W. Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and his Works, 1856.
- 830. Tu. 4 Mar. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Hodgson 15 Dec. 1917, 92 (not seen); facsimile of p. 1 (to 'page clear') A. M. Broadley, Chats on Autographs 1910, 74.—Crabbe's Poems 1807, the Preface.
- 831. Tu. 4 Mar. '83. William Scott.
- 831.1. Sa. 22 (perhaps Su. 23) Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 40.
- 831.2. Su. 30 Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 40.
- 831.3. M. 31 Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 41.
- 832. Sa. 12 Apr. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443 (Hill iv. 201); Northcote, Reynolds 1813, 295, perhaps from the original ('which letter I have seen').
- 833. Sa. 12 Apr. '83. James Barry. Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443 (Hill iv. 202).
- 833.1. c. 12 Apr. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443, extract (Hill iv. 203; overlooked in Letters).
- 833.2. W. 16 Apr. ⟨'83⟩. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr Cadel. Huntington.—
- 833.2a. Bath. F. 18 and Sa. 19 Apr. ⟨'83⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Sam: Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmark: 21 AP. R 540.108.—
- 833.3. W. 16 Apr. '83. Thomas Lawrence.
- 834. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. Joseph Fowke. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.— Rebecca Warner, Original Letters 1817, 207.
- 835. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. The Mercers' Company. Address (Malone): To the Worshipful Company of the Mercers. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1811, iv. 226.
- 835.1. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. Robert Chambers (Calcutta). Adam.—
- 835.2. W. 23 Apr. '83. ——. ⟨Elizabeth Way.⟩ J. F Roxburgh (see Addenda).
- 836. F. 25 Apr. '83. The Earl of Dartmouth. Not traced.—Hist. MSS. Commission 1887, Dartmouth, xi. App. v. 447.
- 836.1. Sa. 26 Apr. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 29.
- 837. Th. 1 May '83. Mas. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 MA. Adam.—1788, No. 295.
- 838. F. 2 May '83. Joshua Reynolds. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, iii. 474 (Hill iv. 219).
- 839. Th. 8 May '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: — MA. Adam.—1788, No. 296.
- 839.1. Th. 22 May '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 31.
- 840. Sa. 24 May '83. John Wilkes. B.M. (the year I think in another hand).—Wilkes Corresp. 1805, iv. 321.
- 841. Sa. 31 May '83. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 227).
- 841.1. n.d. ⟨? May '83⟩. ⟨William Langley (Ashbourne).⟩ John Grant, Catalogue March 1931 (mutilated).—
- 842. M. 2 June '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 227).
- 843. M. 2 June '83. ——. Adam; known to Hill from Sotheby's catalogue 27 Nov. 1889, 98.—
- 843.1. M. 2 June '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 33.
- 844. W. 4 June '83. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 282.
- 845. Th. 5 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 5 IV. Adam.—1788, No. 297.
- 846. F. 13 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby June 1948.—1788, No. 299.
- 847. Tu. 17 June '83. Edmund Allen. Not traced.—Hawkins 1787, 556; Boswell 1793, iii. 481 (Hill iv. 228).
- 848. Tu. 17 June '83. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor. A. T. Loyd; copy made for JB, Isham.—Taylor, A Letter to Samuel Johnson 1787, 20; Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 228).
- 849. W. 18 June '83. Thomas Davies. Address (Boswell): To Mr. Thomas Davies. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 460 (Hill iv. 231).
- 850. Th. 19 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Bergson.—1788, No. 301; a large part in Boswell 1791, ii. 459 (Hill iv. 229).
- 851. F. 20 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 20 IV. C. T. Jeffery.—1788, No. 302.
- 852. F. 20 June '83. Mauritius Lowe. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 113.
- 853. Sa. 21 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 21 IV. Adam.—1788, No. 303.
- 854. M. 23 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 304.
- 855. Tu. 24 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Chequers, Bucks.—1788, No. 305.
- 856. W. 25 June '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 15 April 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 112.
- 857. Sa. 28 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 28 IV. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 306.
- 858. M. 30 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 30 IV. Owen D. Young (torn, and presumably for that reason lacking the date, which Mrs. Piozzi has added in the original—as 29 June 1783— though not in her print).—1788, No. 307.
- 859. Tu. 1 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 IY. Adam.—1788, No. 308.
- 860. Th. 3 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 3 IY. Adam.—1788, No. 309.
- 861. Th. 3 July '83. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 461 (Hill iv. 231).
- 862. Sa. 5 July '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 461 (Hill iv. 232).
- 863. Sa. S July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 5 IY. Anderson Galleries 7 Jan. 1929.—1788, No. 310.
- 864. ⟨? July '83⟩. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: (Miss) Susannah Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne; now mutilated, without date or postmark.—1788, No. 311 (without date, but placed between letters of 5 and 8 July).
- 865. Tu. 8 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Copy by R. B. Adam.—1788, No. 312.
- 865.1. Tu. 8 July '83. John Ryland (Cranbrook). Address: To Mr Ryland in Cranbrook Kent. Postmark: 8 IY. C. T. Jefrery.—
- 866. F. 11 July '83. —— Not traced; known to Hill from Puttick and Simpson's Catalogue 16 July 1866, 275, where it is described as 'Note on a card'.
- 867. Rochester. Tu. 15 July '83. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq M.P. London. F. Bemis.—Hill 1892.
- 868. Rochester. Tu. 15 July '83. Anna Williams. Presumably, though not certainly, by J. Not traced; mentioned in 867.—
- 869. W. 23 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 25 (?) IY. A. S. W. Rosenbach.—1788, No. 313.
- 869.1. Th. 24 July '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Lansdowne; defective.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 35.
- 870. Th. 24 July '83. Sophia Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 314.
- 871. Th. 24 July '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 24 IY. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 871.1. Th. 24 July '83. John Ryland (Cranbrook). Address: To Mr Ryland at Cranbrook Kent. Postmark: 24 IY. Adam.—
- 871.2. Th. 24 July '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 24 IY. Adam.—
- 872. Sa. 26 July '83. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Susannah Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 26 IY. Lansdowne.—1788, No. 315.
- 872a. Bath. Su. 27 July '83. From Mrs. Thrale. Tregaskis Catalogue 901 (1925) 756 (not seen).—Extracts in catalogue.
- 873 (1). W. 30 July (and 6 Aug., see below) '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465, extract (Hill iv. 240).
- 873.1. W. 30 July '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 30 IY A. B. Burney.—
- 873.2. M. 4 Aug. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heal near Salisbury. Postmark: 4 AV. Sotheby 30 June 1942.—
- 873 (2). W. 6 Aug. (and see above) '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465 (Hill iv. 240).
- 874. See after .
- 875. W. 13 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: — AV. Newton.—1788, No. 316.
- 875.1. M. 18 Aug. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. A. Houghton.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 117.
- 876. W. 20 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: 20 AV. Adam.—1788, No. 317.
- 876.1. Sa. 23 Aug. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Miss Thrale at Weymouth. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 37.
- 876.2. Su. 24 Aug. '83. Frances Reynolds. Christie 10 July 1916 (not seen).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 118.
- 876.3. M. 25 Aug. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 25 AV. Adam.—
- 877. Tu. 26 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: 26 AV. Lady Hudson.—1788, No. 318.
- 877a. Weymouth. Tu. 26 Aug. '83. From H. M. Thrale. Sotheby 10 May 1875, described as a letter from Mrs. Thrale. For the text see Addenda, p. 340. See also 876. 1.
- 878. Heale. F. 29 Aug. '83. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 462 (Hill iv. 234).
- 879. Heale. W. 3 Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor at Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 3 SE. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 879.1. Heale. W. 3 Sept. '83. H. M. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Miss Thrale at Weymouth. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 39.
- 879.2. Heale. Su. 6 Sept. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—
- 874(1). Heale. Tu. 9 Sept. '83 (and see below, 9 Oct.). John Mudge (Plymouth). Address: To Mr Mudge Surgeon in Plimouth. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 212 & 466, extracts (Hill iii. 266, iv. 240).
- 880. Heale. Tu. 9 Sept. '83 ⟨Susannah Thrale⟩ (? Weymouth). Lansdowne.—1788, No. 320.
- 881. Heale. Tu. 16 Sept. '83. Francis Barber. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 739.
- 882. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. Charles Burney. Not traced; collation in Hill's Boswell at Pembroke.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465 (Hill iv. 239).
- 886. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 20 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 466, dated 29 Sept. (Hill iv. 240).
- 882.1. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend John Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: illegible. F. B. Vanderhoef.—
- 883. M. 22 Sept. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 321.
- 884. M. 22 Sept. '83. Elizabeth Montagu. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 124.
- 884.1. Tu. 23 Sept. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 41.
- 884.2. Tu. 23 Sept. '83. John Mudge (Plymouth). Fettercairn.—
- 885. W. 24. Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 25 SE. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 885.1. W. 24 Sept. '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 886. See above, 20 Sept.
- 887 (1). W. 24 Sept. (and see below, 11 Oct.) '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq at Rochester. Postmark: 24 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, extract (Hill iv. 241).
- 887a. Bath. Th. 25 Sept. '83. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Samuel Johnson. Harvard.—
- 888. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, dated in the text (Hill iv. 241).
- 888.1. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 44.
- 888.2. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 30 SE. A. Houghton.—
- 889. W. 1 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. F. W. Hilles.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 128.
- 890. W. 1 Oct. '83. —— Tomkeson. Address (Croker): To Mr. Tomkeson, in Southampton-Street, Covent Garden. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 127.
- 890.1. Th. 2 Oct. '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruickshank. A. T. Loyd.—
- 890.2. Th. 2 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Anderson Galleries 30 Nov. 1920 (not seen).—
- 890.3. Sa. 4 Oct. '83. Robert Chambers. See Addenda.
- 891. M. 6 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 7 OC. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 322.
- 891.1. Th. 7 Oct. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 7 OC. Sotheby 30 June 1938.—
- 892. Th. 9 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Rylands: two leaves quarto, without conclusion or date. Adam: two leaves quarto, without opening formula but with conclusion and date. The two sheets were no doubt sent in a franked cover. The second begins 'Two nights ago'.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 42 (and see reprint 1932, 13); 1788, No. 323 (the second part only).
- 874(2). 9 Oct. '83 (see p. 67). John Mudge (Plymouth). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 466 (Hill iv. 240).
- 887(2). Sa. 11 Oct. (and see above, 24 Sept.) '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester. Postmark: illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, extract (Hill iv. 241).
- 893. M. 20 Oct. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 21 OC. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 893.1. M. 20 Oct. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 43.
- 894. Tu. 21 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 234.
- 894.1. Th. 23 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs Reynolds. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 129.
- 894.2. W. 23 Oct. '83 (misdated 1782). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmarks: 23 and 27 OC (the letter was 'missent to Shaston'). A. Houghton.—
- 895. M. 27 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 6 Dec. 1904 (not seen); quotations ('Mrs. Siddons … very well') in Quaritch Cat. 253 (1906) 15; and (several) in Anderson Galleries 23 April 1919 (1424/537).—1788, No. 325; Boswell 1791, ii. 467, an extract (Hill iv. 242).
- 896. M. 27 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Not traced; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 129.
- 896.1. Tu. 28 Oct. '83. Sarah Wesley. Sotheby 15 Nov. 1937.—Telford, Life of Charles Wesley 1886, 200.
- 897. Sa. 1 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 NO. Bergson.—1788, No. 326.
- 898. M. 10 Nov. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Lucy Porter, in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 259.
- 898.1. M. 10 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (Sotheby): To the Reverend Dr. Taylor, in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Sotheby 4 Dec. 1916 (not seen); Maggs Catalogue 396 (1920), 2294 A. —Extract in Maggs catalogue.
- 899. Tu. 11 Nov. '83. Richard Jackson. No address; 'Richard Jackson Esq' in another hand. J. D. Hughes (1934).—Hill 1892.
- 900. Th. 13 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 13 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 327.
- 901. Tu. 18 Nov. '83. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss S. A. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 18 NO. Lansdowne.—1788, No. 328; Boswell 1791, ii. 469, extract (Hill iv. 245).
- 902. W. 19 Nov. '83. Frances Burney. Address: To Miss Burney. H. Murdock.—FB's Diary 1842, ii. 283.
- 903. Sa. ——. Frances Burney. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 904. W. 19 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmarks: 19 and 20 NO. Morgan.—Hill 1892.
- 905. W. 19 Nov. '83. William Gerard Hamilton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 469 (Hill iv. 245).
- 906. Th. 20 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 329.
- 906.1. Th. 20 Nov. '83. Hester Chapone. Castle Howard.—
- 907. Sa. 22 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 22 NO. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 482.
- 908. Sa. 22 Nov. '83. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 561.
- 909. M. 24 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 24 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 330.
- 910. Th. 27 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 331.
- 910.1. Th. 27 Nov. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. W. T. Spencer (1927); copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 135.
- 911. F. 28 Nov. '83. Hester Chapone. Castle Howard; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 470, dated 28 Nov. 1783 (Hill iv. 247). The original has no precise date, and JB's copy has no date.
- 912. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 332.
- 913. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (Hill): To the Reverend Dr Taylor Ashbourne Derbyshire. Christie 5 June 1888 (not seen).—Hill 1892.
- 914. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 29 NO. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 477 (Hill iv. 256).
- 914.1. M. 1 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 DE. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 44.
- 915. W. 3 Dec. '83. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 563.
- 915.1. W. 3 Dec. ⟨'83⟩. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 916. Th. 4 Dec. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 475 (Hill iv. 253).
- 916.1. F. 5 Dec. '83. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 916.2. M. 8 Dec. '83. Frances Reynolds. F. W. Hilles; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 917. Sa. 13 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 13 DE. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 334.
- 917.1. Sa. 13 Dec. '83. ⟨Richard Clark⟩. C. S. Cow (defective).—
- 918. Sa. 20 Dec. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 20 DE. Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania.—Hill 1892.
- 918.1. Sa. 20 Dec. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 45.
- 919. Tu. 23 Dec. '83. Frances Reynolds. R. Fletcher (1929).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 138.
- 920. W. 24 Dec. '83. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 471 (Hill iv. 248).
- 921. Sa. 27 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 27 DE. A. J. Scheuer (1933).—1788, No. 335.
- 922. W. 31 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 IA. C. S. Lewis.—1788, No. 336; Boswell 1791, ii. 469, extract (Hill iv. 245).
- 923. Sa. 3 Jan. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. F. Edwards (1920).—Hill 1892.
- 923.1. Sa. 3 Jan. '84 (misdated '83). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3(month illegible). Adam.—
- 923.2. M. 5 Jan. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 923.3. M. 5 Jan. '84. John Ryland. See Addenda.
- 924. Tu. 6 Jan. '84. Charles Duly. Address: To Mr Dilly Bookseller in the Poultry. Postmark: PENYPOST. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 477 (Hill iv. 257).
- 924.1. Su. 11 Jan. '84. John Perkins. John Grant (1931).—
- 925. M. 12 Jan. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 12 IA. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 337.
- 925.1. W. 14 Jan. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 14 IA. Adam.—
- 926. W. 21 Jan. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 21 IA. Adam.—1788, No. 338.
- 927. W. 21 Jan. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1791, ii. 515 (Hill iv. 257).
- 927.1. F. 23 Jan. '84. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 928. Sa. 24 Jan. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 24 IA. Huntington Library.—Hill's Boswell 1887, iv. 260.
- 929. Tu. 27 Jan. '84. Richard Clark. Address: To Richard Clark Esq. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 478 (Hill iv. 258).
- 929.1. Sa. 31 Jan. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 46.
- 929.2. Tu. 3 Feb. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3 FE. Adam.—
- 929.3. W. 4 Feb. ⟨'84.⟩ John Nichols. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—
- 930. F. 6 Feb. '84. William Heberden. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 930.1. 7 Feb. ⟨? '84⟩. John Nichols. My note of source mislaid.—
- 931. M. 9 Feb. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 9 FE. Adam.—1788, No. 339.
- 931.1. M. 9 Feb. ⟨'84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Sotheby 18 Aug. 1941; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 932. W. 11 Feb. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 478 (Hill iv. 259).
- 933. W. 11 Feb. '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 933.1. F. 13 Feb. ⟨'84⟩. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 934. Tu. 17 Feb. '84. Mary Rogers (née Prowse). Rosenbach (1925).—NQ 4 S. v. 442.
- 934.1 Tu. 17 Feb. '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 934.2. Tu. 17 Feb. '84. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank in Leicester Fields. Fettercairn.—
- 935. M. 23 Feb. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 23 FE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 479 (Hill iv. 261).
- 935.1 M. 23 Feb. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: -3 (or 5) FE. Adam.—
- 936. F. 27 Feb. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 480 (Hill iv. 261).
- 937. Tu. 2 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 481 (Hill iv. 262).
- 938. W. 10 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale in Bath. Postmark: 10 MR. Lady Hudson.—1788, No. 340.
- 939. W. 10 Mar. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). C. T. Jeffery.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 157.
- 940. Th. 11 Mar. '84. Jane Gastrell and Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 158.
- 940.1. M. 15 Mar. ⟨'84⟩. Eva Marie Garrick and Hannah More. Folger Library.—
- 941. Tu. 16 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 16 MR. Adam.—1788, No. 341.
- 942. Th. 18 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 482 (Hill iv. 264).
- 943. Sa. 20 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. F. B. Vanderhoef.—1788, No. 342.
- 943.1. M. 22 Mar. '84. John Taylor. See Addenda, p. 336.
- 944. Th. 25 Mar. '84. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: … Thrale … Bath. Postmark: 25 MR. Lansdowne (now mutilated).—1788, No. 343.
- 945. Sa. 27 Mar.' 84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 27 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 484 (Hill iv. 267).
- 946. Tu. 30 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 483 (Hill iv. 265).
- 946.1. Tu. 30 Mar. '84. William Adams (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Dr Adams at Pembroke College Oxford. Postmark: 30 MR. Sir Francis Adams Hyett.—
- 946.2. Su. 4 Apr. '84. Mrs. Lewis. Now Hyde; for the full text see p. 337.
- 947. M. 5 Apr. '84. Ozias Humphry. Address: To Mr Humphrey in Newman Street Oxford Road. A. Houghton.—Boswell 1791, ii. 486 (Hill iv. 268).
- 947.1. M. 5 Apr. '84 (misdated 1748). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 6 AP. Adam.—
- 948. Th. 8 Apr. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq. in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 8 AP. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 267).
- 949. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Ozias Humphry. Address: To Mr Humphry. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 487, misdated 10 April (Hill iv. 269).
- 950. M. 12 Apr. '84. John Nichols. Sotheby 6 Nov. 1951, 399.—GM 1788, 49.
- 951. M. 12 Apr. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 12 AP. A. T. Loyd.—Taylor, Letter to Samuel Johnson 1787; Boswell 1791, ii. 487 (Hill iv. 270).
- 951.1 M. 12 Apr. ⟨'84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Tregaskis (1925); copy by F. R. (dated Apr. 12. 84), Rupert Colomb.— Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 164.
- 952. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 13 AP. Fettercairn.,Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 268).
- 952.1. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Earl of Portmore. Address: The Rt. Hon. Earl of Portmore. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 268, overlooked in Letters).
- 952.2. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 953. Th. 15 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 15 AP. Newton.—1788, No. 345.
- 953a. Bath. Sa. 17 Apr. '84. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.109.—
- 954. M. 19 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. F. Leverton Harris.—1788, No. 346.
- 955. W. 21 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 347.
- 956. M. 26 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen); signature, etc., H. G. Commin, Catalogue 540 (1936), p. 36.—1788, No. 348.
- 957. M. 26 Apr. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Lucy Porter, in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 291.
- 958. F. 30 Apr. '84. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 167.
- 958.1. M. 3 May '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq. at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3 MA. Sotheby 30 June 1938.—
- 959. M. 10 May '84. Jane Langton (Rochester). Address (Boswell): To Miss Jane Langton, in Rochester, Kent. Bennet Langton; the letter is framed, and the address is not visible.— Boswell 1791, ii. 488 (Hill iv. 271).
- 960. Th. 13 May '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 349.
- 960.1. Tu. 25 May '84. ——. No address. Morgan Library.—
- 961. F. 28 May ⟨? '84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. Rupert Colomb; endorsed by F. R. 'Dr Johnson believe in 84'.— Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 181.
- 962. M. 31 May '84. Ozias Humphry. Sotheby 10 May 1875 (note seen); copy made for JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 487 (Hill iv. 269).
- 963. M. 31 May '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 350.
- 963.1. M. 31 May '84. William Adams (Oxford). Adam.—
- 964. Tu. I June '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 495 (Hill iv. 283.)
- 965. W. 2 June '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 965.1. Th. 3 June '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 48.
- 965.2. Oxford. M. 7 June '84. Edmund Allen. Address: To Mr Allen in Bolt court, Fleet street, London. Postmark: 8 IV. Adam.—Duke of Argyll, Intimate Society Letters 1910, ii. 650.
- 965.3. Oxford. Tu. 8 June '84. George Nicol. Address: To Mr Nicol Bookseller in the Strand London. Postmark: 9 IV. Johnson House.—
- 965.4. Oxford. Tu. 8 June '84. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Westminster. Postmark: 9 IV. Owen D. Young.—
- 965.5. Sa. 12 June '84. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins. Sotheby 21 Jan. 1899 (not seen).—Quoted in catalogue.
- 966. Th. 17 June '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.–1788, No. 351.
- 967. Sa. 19 June '84. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor. Hyde.—Hill 1892.
- 968. W. 23 June '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmarks: 23 and 24 IV. Huntington Library.—Hill 1892.
- 969. Sa. 26 June '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 352.
- 969a. Bath. W. 30 June '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson. The copy sent to Q, Lansdowne. The circular, Fettercairn.—1788, No. 353; Hayward 18612, ii. 238; Lansdowne, Queeney Letters 1934, 148. See Addenda, p. 337.
- 969.1. Th. 1 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 49.
- 970. F. 2 July '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 2 IY. Adam.—GM. Dec. 1784, ii. 893, an 'adumbration'; not in 1788; Hayward's Piozzi 18611, i. 111, 18612, i. 239.
- 970.1. Sa. 3 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 51.
- 970.1a. Su. 4 July '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Johnson. Adam.—Hayward 18611, i. 111, 18612, i. 240. Not in 1788.
- 970.2. Tu. 6 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 52.
- 971. Th. 8 July '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534 (Hill iv. 348).
- 972. Th. 8 July '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 8 IY. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 354, headed 'To Mrs. Piozzi'.
- 972.1. Th. 8 July '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Sotheby 15 April 1929.—
- 972.2. Sa. 10 July '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 10 IY. Adam.—
- 973. Su. 11 July '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 536, extract, dated 11 June by Boswell in the context; see 974 (Hill iv. 351).
- 974. Su. 11 July '84. William Adams (Oxford). Morgan Library; misdated 11 June, corrected in another hand to July (the address and postmark are lost).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 266.
- 975. M. 12 July '84. Thomas Bagshaw (Bromley). Address: To ye Revd Mr Bagshaw, Rector of Bromley. Not traced; copy made for JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 536 (Hill iv. 351).
- 976. M. 12 July '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 12 IY. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 537 (Hill iv. 352).
- 977. M. 12 July '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland in Muscovy Court Tower hill. Postmark: illegible (penny post). Adam.—NQ 5 S. vii. 381.
- 978. Ashbourne. ⟨July '84⟩. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 570; Boswell 1791, ii. 528 (Hill iv. 339).
- 978a. 'Bath' (see note). Th. 15 July '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmarks: 16 IY and BATH. R 540.110.—Tyson and Guppy, French Journals 1932, 24.
- 979. Ashbourne. W. 21 July '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 24 IY. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 557, extract dated 20 July (Hill iv. 353).
- 980. Ashbourne. W. 21 July '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, iii. 638 (Hill iv. 366).
- 981. Ashbourne. M. 26 July '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534, 555 (Hill iv. 348, 378).
- 982. Ashbourne. (?) c. 5 Aug. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 555 (Hill iv. 379). For the date see on 981.
- 982.1. Ashbourne. ? c. 7 Aug. '84. James Boswell. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 555 (Hill iv. 379). For the date see on 981.
- 983. Ashbourne, Sa. 31 July '84, Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 983.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 31 July '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Fettercairn.—
- 984. Ashbourne. M. 2 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Sotheby 30 July 1930.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 360).
- 985. Ashbourne. Th. 5 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 986. Ashbourne. Sa. 7 Aug. '84. John Hoole. Not traced.–Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 359).
- 986.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 7 Aug. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Sotheby 30 June 1942.—
- 987. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand London. Postmark: 14 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 988. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Humphry Heely. Address: To Mr Heely No 5 in Pye Street Westminster. Postmark: illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 550 (Hill iv. 371).
- 988.1. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 53.
- 989. Ashbourne. 13 Aug. (misdated; perhaps 31 Aug.) '84. John Hoole. Address: To Mr Hoole in Queens Street, Lincolns Inn London. Postmark: — SE. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 359).
- 990. Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 16 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 991. Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Thomas Davies. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548 (Hill iv. 365).
- 991.1 Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Porter at Green Hill Lichfield Turn at Derby. A. T. Loyd.—
- 992. Ashbourne. M. 16 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 18 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 992.1. Ashbourne. M. 16 Aug. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 993. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 21 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 355).
- 994. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. George Nicol. Address: To Mr (mutilated) Bookseller in the Strand London. Postmark: illegible. F. B. Vanderhoef.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547, from a copy by Astle, see Abbott, Catalogue 1600 (Hill iv. 365).
- 995. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 21AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548, extract (Hill iv. 366).
- 996. Ashbourne, c. 20 Aug. '84. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 545, dated 'August' (Hill iv. 362).
- 997. Ashbourne. Sa. 21 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 23AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 355).
- 998. Ashbourne. Sa. 21 Aug. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 363.
- 998.1. Ashbourne. M. 23 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St. Martins Street Leicester Fields London. Sotheby 18 Feb. 1931; endorsed 'From Dr Johnson a fragment Augst 23d. 1784. No. 11'.—
- 998.2. M. 23 Aug. '84. ——
- 999. Ashbourne. Th. 26 Aug. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq at Rochester By London. Postmark: 28AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 544, dated 25 August (Hill iv. 361).
- 1000. Ashbourne. Th. 26 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr. Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 28AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 356).
- 1000.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 28 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Morgan Library.—
- 1000.2. Ashbourne. M. 30 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1SE. Fettercairn.—
- 1001. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 356).
- 1002. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548, extract; 1793, iii. 639 (Hill iv. 366).
- 1003. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 364.
- 1003.1. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland. Major R. J. Nicol.—
- 1003.2. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Beckenham). Address: To Miss Thrale at John Cator's Esq. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 55.
- 1004. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St Martin's Street, Leicester Fields, London. Postmark: 6SE.
- 1005. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547, extract (Hill iv. 365).
- 1006. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. John Hoole. Address: To Mr Hoole. Sotheby 17 Feb. 1930.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 360).
- 1006.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. ? William Strahan. Adam.—
- 1007. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 11SE. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534, 548 (Hill iv. 348, 367).
- 1008. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Lord Thurlow. Not traced; draft in J's hand, Adam.—GM Dec. 1784, 892, from Reynolds's copy; Hawkins 1787, 571, 'from his own draft now in my hands'; Boswell 1791, ii. 535, from a draft (Hill iv. 349).
- 1009. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 11SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1010. Ashbourne. Sa. 11 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 13SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541 (Hill iv. 357).
- 1010.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 11 Sept. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Turn at Derby. Adam.—
- 1010.2. Ashbourne. F. 13 Sept. (misdated Aug.) '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 15SE. A. B. Burney.—
- 1011. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 18SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1012. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 365.
- 1012.1. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. David Barclay. Address: To Mr Barclay in Red Lyon Square London (redirected to Youngsbury near Wear Herts). Postmark: 20SE. A. Houghton.—John Scott, Critical Essays 1785, iii.
- 1013. Ashbourne. Sa. 18 Sept.' 84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 20SE. Fettercairn (dated 1748).—Boswell 1791, ii. 549 (Hill iv. 368).
- 1014. Ashbourne. Sa. 18 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address (Hill): To Mr Ryland, Merchant in London. Goodspeed Cat. 1943 (facsimile).—NQ 5 S. vii. 381.
- 1015. Lichfield. W. 29 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr. Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1016. Lichfield. W. 29 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address (NQ): To Mr Ryland, Merchant in London. Christie 5 June 1888; Maggs Catalogue 339 (1915), 1273 (not seen).— NQ 5 S. vii. 381; extracts in Maggs catalogue, an independent text. See Addenda, p. 338, for a report of the MS.
- 1016.1. Lichfield. Th. 30 Sept. and Sa. 16 Oct. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1017. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 546 (Hill iv. 362).
- 1018. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Harvard.—Boswell 1793, iii. 641 (Hill iv. 368).
- 1018.1. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. Eva Marie Garrick. Address: To Mrs Garrick at the Adelph London. Postmark: 4OC. Adam.—Illustrated London News Dec. 1855.
- 1019. Lichfield. M. 4 Oct. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins in Southwark. Postmark: 6OC. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1793, iii. 634 (Hill iv. 363).
- 1020. Lichfield. W. 6 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 8OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 358).
- 1021. Lichfield. W. 6 Oct. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: 8OC. Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania.—Literary Gazette 8 Dec. 1849.
- 1021.1. Lichfield. Su. 10 Oct. '84. William Scott. Address: To Dr Scot in the Commons London. Postmark: 13 (month missing). Marchioness of Crewe.—
- 1022. Lichfield. W. 13 Oct. '84. William Heberden. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 289, extract; Hill 1892, from a copy of the original.
- 1023. Lichfield. Sa. 16 Oct. '84. George Strahan. Address: To the Revd Mr Strahan at Islington London. Postmark: 18OC. A. Houghton.—Hill 1892 (incomplete, from an auction catalogue; misdated 19 Oct.).
- 1023.1. Lichfield. Sa. 16 Oct. '84. William Strahan.
- 1024. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct.'84. William Gerard Hamilton. Address (mutilated): To Gerard Ha⟨ ⟩ in London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 546 (Hill iv. 363).
- 1025. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Paradise. Address: To — Paradise Esq near the Middlesex Hospital London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547 (Hill iv. 364).
- 1026. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Nichols. B.M.—Boswell 1791, ii. 549 (Hill iv. 369).
- 1027. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 366.
- 1027.1. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor. A. Houghton.—
- 1027.2. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—
- 1028. Lichfield. Sa. 23 Oct. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Maggs (1926), defective.—Morrison Catalogue 1885, ii. 343.
- 1029. Lichfield. M. 25 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 27OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 358).
- 1029.1. Lichfield. M. 25 Oct. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 1029.2. Lichfield. Sa. 30 Oct. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: —NO. Adam.—
- 1030. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Charles Burney. Address (see 1030.1): To Dr Burney in St. Martin's Street Leicester Fields London. Postmark: 3NO. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 544 (Hill iv. 361).
- 1030.1. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Frances Burney. Address: To Miss Burney. (See 1030; the letter was written on p. 3 of 1030, p. 4 of which bore the postal address, &c.) Morgan Library.—
- 1031. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 367.
- 1032. See after .
- 1033. Lichfield. W. 3 Nov.'84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 556 (Hill iv. 380). The letter is dated 5 Nov. in 1793, which Hill inadvertently followed (see note).
- 1032. Lichfield. Th. 4 Nov. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: 8NO. Adam.—Athenæum 1848, 958.
- 1033.1. Lichfield. Sa. 6 Nov. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 8NO. Fettercairn.—
- 1034. Lichfield. Su. 7 Nov. '84. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 575, an extract.
- 1035. Lichfield, c. 10 Nov. '84. Jane Gastrell and Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Hill 1892.
- 1036. W. 17 Nov. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St Martins Street Leicester Fields. Not traced; facsimile in Hill's Boswell 1887, iv. 377.—Boswell 1791, ii. 554 (Hill iv. 377). See App. G.
- 1036.1. W. 17 Nov. ⟨'84⟩. Francesco Sastres. Maggs Catalogue 286 (1912), 1709, 'to Mr. Saltres' (not seen).—Quoted in catalogue.
- 1037. W. 17 Nov. '84. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr. Hector in Birmingham. Postmark: 17NO. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 554 (Hill iv. 378).
- 1037.1. Sa. 27 Nov. '84. (?) John Hollyer. Frederick Hollyer (defective).—
- 1038. ⟨c. 17 Nov. '84⟩. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr Cadel. A. Houghton.—Known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 1039. M. 29 Nov. '84. William Vyse. Address: To the Reverend Dr Vyse in Lambeth. Howell Ll. Davies.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 437.
- 1039.1. M. 29 Nov. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1039.2. M. 29 Nov. '84. ⟨Bennet Langton⟩. Sotheby 25 Nov. 1929.—
- 1040. Th. 2 Dec. '84. Richard Greene (Lichfield). Address (Boswell): To Mr. Green, Apothecary, at Lichfield. Not traced; copy made for JB, Isham.—GM April 1785, 288, extract; Boswell 1791, ii. 566 (Hill iv. 393).
- 1041. Th. 2 Dec. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 566, extract (Hill iv. 394).
- 1042. M. 6 Dec. '84. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicholls. B.M.—GM. Dec. 1784, ii. 892.
- 1042.1. Tu. 7 Dec. '84. William Strahan. Owen D. Young.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1042.2. F. 10 Dec. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan, Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1043a. 20 Sept. n.y. Margaret Penelope Strahan. Address: To Mrs Strahan. Yale.—Hill 1892.
- 1043b. 29 Nov. n.y. ——. A. B. Burney.—Hill 1892.
The Letters of Samuel Johnson, with Mrs. Thrale's genuine letters to him, Vol. 3: 1783-1784; Letters 821.2-1174
Contents
- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionThe Letters of Samuel Johnson
- 821.2. W. 8 Jan. '83. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 822. F. 10 Jan. '83. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicol. B.M.—GM Dec. 1784, 893.
- 823. Th. 16 Jan. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark (probably): 16 IA. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 462.
- 824. Th. 16 Jan. '83. George Strahan (Islington). Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 825. ⟨? Jan. '83⟩. George Strahan (Islington). Sotheby 11 Feb. 1929.—Hill 1892.
- 825.1. F. 17 Jan. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 39.
- 826. M. 20 Jan. '83. Joseph Cradock. Address: To Mr Cradock. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—Cradock's Memoirs 1828, i. 243.
- 826.1. M. 20 Jan. '83. Joseph Cradock. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—
- 827. Tu. 21 Jan. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 21 IA. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 827.1. W. 22 Jan. '83. ——. Harvard.—
- 827.2. c. 4 Feb. '83. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 431, extract (Hill iv. 163; overlooked in Letters).
- 828. Tu. 4 Feb. '83. Elizabeth Lawrence (Canterbury). Address: To Mrs Eliz Laurence in Castle Street Canterbury. Adam; copy by E. L., Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 419 (Hill iv. 144).
- 828.1. M. 10 Feb. '83. Herbert Croft. Address: To Mr Crofts. B.M.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 41.
- 828.2. Sa. 15 Feb. '83. ——.
- 828.3. M. 17 ⟨? Feb. or Mar. '83⟩. Hester Maria Thrale. Address: To Miss Thrale No 37 Argyle Street. Postmark illegible. Adam.—Hill, JM 1897, ii. 451.
- 829. W. 19 Feb. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. F. W. Hilles.—W. Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and his Works, 1856.
- 830. Tu. 4 Mar. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Hodgson 15 Dec. 1917, 92 (not seen); facsimile of p. 1 (to 'page clear') A. M. Broadley, Chats on Autographs 1910, 74.—Crabbe's Poems 1807, the Preface.
- 831. Tu. 4 Mar. '83. William Scott.
- 831.1. Sa. 22 (perhaps Su. 23) Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 40.
- 831.2. Su. 30 Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs. Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 40.
- 831.3. M. 31 Mar. '83. Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Mrs Thrale. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 41.
- 832. Sa. 12 Apr. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443 (Hill iv. 201); Northcote, Reynolds 1813, 295, perhaps from the original ('which letter I have seen').
- 833. Sa. 12 Apr. '83. James Barry. Not traced; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443 (Hill iv. 202).
- 833.1. c. 12 Apr. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 443, extract (Hill iv. 203; overlooked in Letters).
- 833.2. W. 16 Apr. ⟨'83⟩. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr Cadel. Huntington.—
- 833.2a. Bath. F. 18 and Sa. 19 Apr. ⟨'83⟩. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Sam: Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmark: 21 AP. R 540.108.—
- 833.3. W. 16 Apr. '83. Thomas Lawrence.
- 834. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. Joseph Fowke. Not traced; copy by Thomas Harwood, c. 1820, at Pembroke.— Rebecca Warner, Original Letters 1817, 207.
- 835. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. The Mercers' Company. Address (Malone): To the Worshipful Company of the Mercers. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1811, iv. 226.
- 835.1. Sa. 19 Apr. '83. Robert Chambers (Calcutta). Adam.—
- 835.2. W. 23 Apr. '83. ——. ⟨Elizabeth Way.⟩ J. F Roxburgh (see Addenda).
- 836. F. 25 Apr. '83. The Earl of Dartmouth. Not traced.—Hist. MSS. Commission 1887, Dartmouth, xi. App. v. 447.
- 836.1. Sa. 26 Apr. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 29.
- 837. Th. 1 May '83. Mas. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 MA. Adam.—1788, No. 295.
- 838. F. 2 May '83. Joshua Reynolds. Not traced.—Boswell 1793, iii. 474 (Hill iv. 219).
- 839. Th. 8 May '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: — MA. Adam.—1788, No. 296.
- 839.1. Th. 22 May '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 31.
- 840. Sa. 24 May '83. John Wilkes. B.M. (the year I think in another hand).—Wilkes Corresp. 1805, iv. 321.
- 841. Sa. 31 May '83. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 227).
- 841.1. n.d. ⟨? May '83⟩. ⟨William Langley (Ashbourne).⟩ John Grant, Catalogue March 1931 (mutilated).—
- 842. M. 2 June '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 227).
- 843. M. 2 June '83. ——. Adam; known to Hill from Sotheby's catalogue 27 Nov. 1889, 98.—
- 843.1. M. 2 June '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 33.
- 844. W. 4 June '83. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 282.
- 845. Th. 5 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 5 IV. Adam.—1788, No. 297.
- 846. F. 13 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby June 1948.—1788, No. 299.
- 847. Tu. 17 June '83. Edmund Allen. Not traced.—Hawkins 1787, 556; Boswell 1793, iii. 481 (Hill iv. 228).
- 848. Tu. 17 June '83. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor. A. T. Loyd; copy made for JB, Isham.—Taylor, A Letter to Samuel Johnson 1787, 20; Boswell 1791, ii. 458 (Hill iv. 228).
- 849. W. 18 June '83. Thomas Davies. Address (Boswell): To Mr. Thomas Davies. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 460 (Hill iv. 231).
- 850. Th. 19 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Bergson.—1788, No. 301; a large part in Boswell 1791, ii. 459 (Hill iv. 229).
- 851. F. 20 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 20 IV. C. T. Jeffery.—1788, No. 302.
- 852. F. 20 June '83. Mauritius Lowe. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 113.
- 853. Sa. 21 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 21 IV. Adam.—1788, No. 303.
- 854. M. 23 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 304.
- 855. Tu. 24 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Chequers, Bucks.—1788, No. 305.
- 856. W. 25 June '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Sotheby 15 April 1929.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 112.
- 857. Sa. 28 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 28 IV. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 306.
- 858. M. 30 June '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 30 IV. Owen D. Young (torn, and presumably for that reason lacking the date, which Mrs. Piozzi has added in the original—as 29 June 1783— though not in her print).—1788, No. 307.
- 859. Tu. 1 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 IY. Adam.—1788, No. 308.
- 860. Th. 3 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 3 IY. Adam.—1788, No. 309.
- 861. Th. 3 July '83. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 461 (Hill iv. 231).
- 862. Sa. 5 July '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 461 (Hill iv. 232).
- 863. Sa. S July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 5 IY. Anderson Galleries 7 Jan. 1929.—1788, No. 310.
- 864. ⟨? July '83⟩. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: (Miss) Susannah Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne; now mutilated, without date or postmark.—1788, No. 311 (without date, but placed between letters of 5 and 8 July).
- 865. Tu. 8 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Copy by R. B. Adam.—1788, No. 312.
- 865.1. Tu. 8 July '83. John Ryland (Cranbrook). Address: To Mr Ryland in Cranbrook Kent. Postmark: 8 IY. C. T. Jefrery.—
- 866. F. 11 July '83. —— Not traced; known to Hill from Puttick and Simpson's Catalogue 16 July 1866, 275, where it is described as 'Note on a card'.
- 867. Rochester. Tu. 15 July '83. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq M.P. London. F. Bemis.—Hill 1892.
- 868. Rochester. Tu. 15 July '83. Anna Williams. Presumably, though not certainly, by J. Not traced; mentioned in 867.—
- 869. W. 23 July '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 25 (?) IY. A. S. W. Rosenbach.—1788, No. 313.
- 869.1. Th. 24 July '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Lansdowne; defective.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 35.
- 870. Th. 24 July '83. Sophia Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 314.
- 871. Th. 24 July '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 24 IY. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 871.1. Th. 24 July '83. John Ryland (Cranbrook). Address: To Mr Ryland at Cranbrook Kent. Postmark: 24 IY. Adam.—
- 871.2. Th. 24 July '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 24 IY. Adam.—
- 872. Sa. 26 July '83. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Susannah Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 26 IY. Lansdowne.—1788, No. 315.
- 872a. Bath. Su. 27 July '83. From Mrs. Thrale. Tregaskis Catalogue 901 (1925) 756 (not seen).—Extracts in catalogue.
- 873 (1). W. 30 July (and 6 Aug., see below) '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465, extract (Hill iv. 240).
- 873.1. W. 30 July '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 30 IY A. B. Burney.—
- 873.2. M. 4 Aug. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heal near Salisbury. Postmark: 4 AV. Sotheby 30 June 1942.—
- 873 (2). W. 6 Aug. (and see above) '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465 (Hill iv. 240).
- 874. See after .
- 875. W. 13 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: — AV. Newton.—1788, No. 316.
- 875.1. M. 18 Aug. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. A. Houghton.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 117.
- 876. W. 20 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: 20 AV. Adam.—1788, No. 317.
- 876.1. Sa. 23 Aug. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Miss Thrale at Weymouth. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 37.
- 876.2. Su. 24 Aug. '83. Frances Reynolds. Christie 10 July 1916 (not seen).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 118.
- 876.3. M. 25 Aug. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 25 AV. Adam.—
- 877. Tu. 26 Aug. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Weymouth. Postmark: 26 AV. Lady Hudson.—1788, No. 318.
- 877a. Weymouth. Tu. 26 Aug. '83. From H. M. Thrale. Sotheby 10 May 1875, described as a letter from Mrs. Thrale. For the text see Addenda, p. 340. See also 876. 1.
- 878. Heale. F. 29 Aug. '83. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 462 (Hill iv. 234).
- 879. Heale. W. 3 Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor at Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 3 SE. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 481.
- 879.1. Heale. W. 3 Sept. '83. H. M. Thrale (Weymouth). Address: To Miss Thrale at Weymouth. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 39.
- 879.2. Heale. Su. 6 Sept. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—
- 874(1). Heale. Tu. 9 Sept. '83 (and see below, 9 Oct.). John Mudge (Plymouth). Address: To Mr Mudge Surgeon in Plimouth. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 212 & 466, extracts (Hill iii. 266, iv. 240).
- 880. Heale. Tu. 9 Sept. '83 ⟨Susannah Thrale⟩ (? Weymouth). Lansdowne.—1788, No. 320.
- 881. Heale. Tu. 16 Sept. '83. Francis Barber. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1848, 739.
- 882. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. Charles Burney. Not traced; collation in Hill's Boswell at Pembroke.—Boswell 1791, ii. 465 (Hill iv. 239).
- 886. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 20 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 466, dated 29 Sept. (Hill iv. 240).
- 882.1. Sa. 20 Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend John Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: illegible. F. B. Vanderhoef.—
- 883. M. 22 Sept. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—1788, No. 321.
- 884. M. 22 Sept. '83. Elizabeth Montagu. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 124.
- 884.1. Tu. 23 Sept. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 41.
- 884.2. Tu. 23 Sept. '83. John Mudge (Plymouth). Fettercairn.—
- 885. W. 24. Sept. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 25 SE. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 885.1. W. 24 Sept. '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 886. See above, 20 Sept.
- 887 (1). W. 24 Sept. (and see below, 11 Oct.) '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq at Rochester. Postmark: 24 SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, extract (Hill iv. 241).
- 887a. Bath. Th. 25 Sept. '83. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: To Dr Samuel Johnson. Harvard.—
- 888. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, dated in the text (Hill iv. 241).
- 888.1. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 44.
- 888.2. Tu. 30 Sept. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 30 SE. A. Houghton.—
- 889. W. 1 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. F. W. Hilles.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 128.
- 890. W. 1 Oct. '83. —— Tomkeson. Address (Croker): To Mr. Tomkeson, in Southampton-Street, Covent Garden. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 127.
- 890.1. Th. 2 Oct. '83. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruickshank. A. T. Loyd.—
- 890.2. Th. 2 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Anderson Galleries 30 Nov. 1920 (not seen).—
- 890.3. Sa. 4 Oct. '83. Robert Chambers. See Addenda.
- 891. M. 6 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 7 OC. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 322.
- 891.1. Th. 7 Oct. '83. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 7 OC. Sotheby 30 June 1938.—
- 892. Th. 9 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Rylands: two leaves quarto, without conclusion or date. Adam: two leaves quarto, without opening formula but with conclusion and date. The two sheets were no doubt sent in a franked cover. The second begins 'Two nights ago'.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 42 (and see reprint 1932, 13); 1788, No. 323 (the second part only).
- 874(2). 9 Oct. '83 (see p. 67). John Mudge (Plymouth). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 466 (Hill iv. 240).
- 887(2). Sa. 11 Oct. (and see above, 24 Sept.) '83. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester. Postmark: illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 467, extract (Hill iv. 241).
- 893. M. 20 Oct. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 21 OC. Adam.—Hill 1892.
- 893.1. M. 20 Oct. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 43.
- 894. Tu. 21 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 234.
- 894.1. Th. 23 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mrs Reynolds. Adam.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 129.
- 894.2. W. 23 Oct. '83 (misdated 1782). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To William Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmarks: 23 and 27 OC (the letter was 'missent to Shaston'). A. Houghton.—
- 895. M. 27 Oct. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 6 Dec. 1904 (not seen); quotations ('Mrs. Siddons … very well') in Quaritch Cat. 253 (1906) 15; and (several) in Anderson Galleries 23 April 1919 (1424/537).—1788, No. 325; Boswell 1791, ii. 467, an extract (Hill iv. 242).
- 896. M. 27 Oct. '83. Frances Reynolds. Not traced; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 129.
- 896.1. Tu. 28 Oct. '83. Sarah Wesley. Sotheby 15 Nov. 1937.—Telford, Life of Charles Wesley 1886, 200.
- 897. Sa. 1 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 NO. Bergson.—1788, No. 326.
- 898. M. 10 Nov. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Lucy Porter, in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 259.
- 898.1. M. 10 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (Sotheby): To the Reverend Dr. Taylor, in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Sotheby 4 Dec. 1916 (not seen); Maggs Catalogue 396 (1920), 2294 A. —Extract in Maggs catalogue.
- 899. Tu. 11 Nov. '83. Richard Jackson. No address; 'Richard Jackson Esq' in another hand. J. D. Hughes (1934).—Hill 1892.
- 900. Th. 13 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 13 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 327.
- 901. Tu. 18 Nov. '83. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss S. A. Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 18 NO. Lansdowne.—1788, No. 328; Boswell 1791, ii. 469, extract (Hill iv. 245).
- 902. W. 19 Nov. '83. Frances Burney. Address: To Miss Burney. H. Murdock.—FB's Diary 1842, ii. 283.
- 903. Sa. ——. Frances Burney. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 904. W. 19 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmarks: 19 and 20 NO. Morgan.—Hill 1892.
- 905. W. 19 Nov. '83. William Gerard Hamilton. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 469 (Hill iv. 245).
- 906. Th. 20 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Not traced.—1788, No. 329.
- 906.1. Th. 20 Nov. '83. Hester Chapone. Castle Howard.—
- 907. Sa. 22 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 22 NO. A. T. Loyd.—NQ 6 S. v. 482.
- 908. Sa. 22 Nov. '83. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 561.
- 909. M. 24 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 24 NO. Adam.—1788, No. 330.
- 910. Th. 27 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 331.
- 910.1. Th. 27 Nov. '83. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. W. T. Spencer (1927); copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 135.
- 911. F. 28 Nov. '83. Hester Chapone. Castle Howard; copy by JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 470, dated 28 Nov. 1783 (Hill iv. 247). The original has no precise date, and JB's copy has no date.
- 912. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Adam.—1788, No. 332.
- 913. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address (Hill): To the Reverend Dr Taylor Ashbourne Derbyshire. Christie 5 June 1888 (not seen).—Hill 1892.
- 914. Sa. 29 Nov. '83. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 29 NO. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 477 (Hill iv. 256).
- 914.1. M. 1 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 DE. Rylands.—R. L. Bull. Jan. 1932, 44.
- 915. W. 3 Dec. '83. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 563.
- 915.1. W. 3 Dec. ⟨'83⟩. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 916. Th. 4 Dec. '83. Joshua Reynolds. Address: Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 475 (Hill iv. 253).
- 916.1. F. 5 Dec. '83. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 916.2. M. 8 Dec. '83. Frances Reynolds. F. W. Hilles; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 917. Sa. 13 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 13 DE. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 334.
- 917.1. Sa. 13 Dec. '83. ⟨Richard Clark⟩. C. S. Cow (defective).—
- 918. Sa. 20 Dec. '83. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 20 DE. Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania.—Hill 1892.
- 918.1. Sa. 20 Dec. '83. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 45.
- 919. Tu. 23 Dec. '83. Frances Reynolds. R. Fletcher (1929).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 138.
- 920. W. 24 Dec. '83. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 471 (Hill iv. 248).
- 921. Sa. 27 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 27 DE. A. J. Scheuer (1933).—1788, No. 335.
- 922. W. 31 Dec. '83. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 1 IA. C. S. Lewis.—1788, No. 336; Boswell 1791, ii. 469, extract (Hill iv. 245).
- 923. Sa. 3 Jan. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. F. Edwards (1920).—Hill 1892.
- 923.1. Sa. 3 Jan. '84 (misdated '83). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3(month illegible). Adam.—
- 923.2. M. 5 Jan. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 923.3. M. 5 Jan. '84. John Ryland. See Addenda.
- 924. Tu. 6 Jan. '84. Charles Duly. Address: To Mr Dilly Bookseller in the Poultry. Postmark: PENYPOST. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 477 (Hill iv. 257).
- 924.1. Su. 11 Jan. '84. John Perkins. John Grant (1931).—
- 925. M. 12 Jan. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 12 IA. A. Houghton.—1788, No. 337.
- 925.1. W. 14 Jan. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 14 IA. Adam.—
- 926. W. 21 Jan. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 21 IA. Adam.—1788, No. 338.
- 927. W. 21 Jan. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1791, ii. 515 (Hill iv. 257).
- 927.1. F. 23 Jan. '84. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 928. Sa. 24 Jan. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 24 IA. Huntington Library.—Hill's Boswell 1887, iv. 260.
- 929. Tu. 27 Jan. '84. Richard Clark. Address: To Richard Clark Esq. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 478 (Hill iv. 258).
- 929.1. Sa. 31 Jan. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 46.
- 929.2. Tu. 3 Feb. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3 FE. Adam.—
- 929.3. W. 4 Feb. ⟨'84.⟩ John Nichols. Sotheby 18 Nov. 1929.—
- 930. F. 6 Feb. '84. William Heberden. Not traced.—Hill 1892.
- 930.1. 7 Feb. ⟨? '84⟩. John Nichols. My note of source mislaid.—
- 931. M. 9 Feb. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 9 FE. Adam.—1788, No. 339.
- 931.1. M. 9 Feb. ⟨'84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Sotheby 18 Aug. 1941; copy by F. R., Rupert Colomb.—
- 932. W. 11 Feb. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 478 (Hill iv. 259).
- 933. W. 11 Feb. '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 933.1. F. 13 Feb. ⟨'84⟩. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—
- 934. Tu. 17 Feb. '84. Mary Rogers (née Prowse). Rosenbach (1925).—NQ 4 S. v. 442.
- 934.1 Tu. 17 Feb. '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 934.2. Tu. 17 Feb. '84. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank in Leicester Fields. Fettercairn.—
- 935. M. 23 Feb. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Postmark: 23 FE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 479 (Hill iv. 261).
- 935.1 M. 23 Feb. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: -3 (or 5) FE. Adam.—
- 936. F. 27 Feb. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 480 (Hill iv. 261).
- 937. Tu. 2 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 481 (Hill iv. 262).
- 938. W. 10 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale in Bath. Postmark: 10 MR. Lady Hudson.—1788, No. 340.
- 939. W. 10 Mar. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). C. T. Jeffery.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 157.
- 940. Th. 11 Mar. '84. Jane Gastrell and Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 158.
- 940.1. M. 15 Mar. ⟨'84⟩. Eva Marie Garrick and Hannah More. Folger Library.—
- 941. Tu. 16 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 16 MR. Adam.—1788, No. 341.
- 942. Th. 18 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 482 (Hill iv. 264).
- 943. Sa. 20 Mar. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs. Thrale at Bath. F. B. Vanderhoef.—1788, No. 342.
- 943.1. M. 22 Mar. '84. John Taylor. See Addenda, p. 336.
- 944. Th. 25 Mar. '84. Susannah Thrale (Bath). Address: … Thrale … Bath. Postmark: 25 MR. Lansdowne (now mutilated).—1788, No. 343.
- 945. Sa. 27 Mar.' 84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 27 MR. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 484 (Hill iv. 267).
- 946. Tu. 30 Mar. '84. James Boswell (Auchinleck). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 483 (Hill iv. 265).
- 946.1. Tu. 30 Mar. '84. William Adams (Oxford). Address: To the Reverend Dr Adams at Pembroke College Oxford. Postmark: 30 MR. Sir Francis Adams Hyett.—
- 946.2. Su. 4 Apr. '84. Mrs. Lewis. Now Hyde; for the full text see p. 337.
- 947. M. 5 Apr. '84. Ozias Humphry. Address: To Mr Humphrey in Newman Street Oxford Road. A. Houghton.—Boswell 1791, ii. 486 (Hill iv. 268).
- 947.1. M. 5 Apr. '84 (misdated 1748). William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 6 AP. Adam.—
- 948. Th. 8 Apr. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq. in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 8 AP. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 267).
- 949. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Ozias Humphry. Address: To Mr Humphry. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 487, misdated 10 April (Hill iv. 269).
- 950. M. 12 Apr. '84. John Nichols. Sotheby 6 Nov. 1951, 399.—GM 1788, 49.
- 951. M. 12 Apr. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Revd Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmark: 12 AP. A. T. Loyd.—Taylor, Letter to Samuel Johnson 1787; Boswell 1791, ii. 487 (Hill iv. 270).
- 951.1 M. 12 Apr. ⟨'84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Tregaskis (1925); copy by F. R. (dated Apr. 12. 84), Rupert Colomb.— Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 164.
- 952. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 13 AP. Fettercairn.,Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 268).
- 952.1. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. Earl of Portmore. Address: The Rt. Hon. Earl of Portmore. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 485 (Hill iv. 268, overlooked in Letters).
- 952.2. Tu. 13 Apr. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 953. Th. 15 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 15 AP. Newton.—1788, No. 345.
- 953a. Bath. Sa. 17 Apr. '84. From Mrs. Thrale. R 540.109.—
- 954. M. 19 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. F. Leverton Harris.—1788, No. 346.
- 955. W. 21 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 347.
- 956. M. 26 Apr. '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen); signature, etc., H. G. Commin, Catalogue 540 (1936), p. 36.—1788, No. 348.
- 957. M. 26 Apr. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address (Malone): To Mrs Lucy Porter, in Lichfield. Not traced.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 291.
- 958. F. 30 Apr. '84. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. Rupert Colomb.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 167.
- 958.1. M. 3 May '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq. at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 3 MA. Sotheby 30 June 1938.—
- 959. M. 10 May '84. Jane Langton (Rochester). Address (Boswell): To Miss Jane Langton, in Rochester, Kent. Bennet Langton; the letter is framed, and the address is not visible.— Boswell 1791, ii. 488 (Hill iv. 271).
- 960. Th. 13 May '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Hyde.—1788, No. 349.
- 960.1. Tu. 25 May '84. ——. No address. Morgan Library.—
- 961. F. 28 May ⟨? '84⟩. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. Rupert Colomb; endorsed by F. R. 'Dr Johnson believe in 84'.— Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 181.
- 962. M. 31 May '84. Ozias Humphry. Sotheby 10 May 1875 (note seen); copy made for JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 487 (Hill iv. 269).
- 963. M. 31 May '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 350.
- 963.1. M. 31 May '84. William Adams (Oxford). Adam.—
- 964. Tu. I June '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 495 (Hill iv. 283.)
- 965. W. 2 June '84. Anthony Hamilton. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1835, x. 283.
- 965.1. Th. 3 June '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Bath). Address: To Miss Thrale at Bath. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 48.
- 965.2. Oxford. M. 7 June '84. Edmund Allen. Address: To Mr Allen in Bolt court, Fleet street, London. Postmark: 8 IV. Adam.—Duke of Argyll, Intimate Society Letters 1910, ii. 650.
- 965.3. Oxford. Tu. 8 June '84. George Nicol. Address: To Mr Nicol Bookseller in the Strand London. Postmark: 9 IV. Johnson House.—
- 965.4. Oxford. Tu. 8 June '84. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Westminster. Postmark: 9 IV. Owen D. Young.—
- 965.5. Sa. 12 June '84. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins. Sotheby 21 Jan. 1899 (not seen).—Quoted in catalogue.
- 966. Th. 17 June '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sotheby 15 Feb. 1926.–1788, No. 351.
- 967. Sa. 19 June '84. John Taylor (Westminster). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor. Hyde.—Hill 1892.
- 968. W. 23 June '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Postmarks: 23 and 24 IV. Huntington Library.—Hill 1892.
- 969. Sa. 26 June '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 352.
- 969a. Bath. W. 30 June '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson. The copy sent to Q, Lansdowne. The circular, Fettercairn.—1788, No. 353; Hayward 18612, ii. 238; Lansdowne, Queeney Letters 1934, 148. See Addenda, p. 337.
- 969.1. Th. 1 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 49.
- 970. F. 2 July '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 2 IY. Adam.—GM. Dec. 1784, ii. 893, an 'adumbration'; not in 1788; Hayward's Piozzi 18611, i. 111, 18612, i. 239.
- 970.1. Sa. 3 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston Sussex. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 51.
- 970.1a. Su. 4 July '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr Johnson. Adam.—Hayward 18611, i. 111, 18612, i. 240. Not in 1788.
- 970.2. Tu. 6 July '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale at Brighthelmston. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 52.
- 971. Th. 8 July '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534 (Hill iv. 348).
- 972. Th. 8 July '84. Mrs. Thrale (Bath). Address: To Mrs Thrale at Bath. Postmark: 8 IY. Sir Charles Russell.—1788, No. 354, headed 'To Mrs. Piozzi'.
- 972.1. Th. 8 July '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Sotheby 15 April 1929.—
- 972.2. Sa. 10 July '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 10 IY. Adam.—
- 973. Su. 11 July '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 536, extract, dated 11 June by Boswell in the context; see 974 (Hill iv. 351).
- 974. Su. 11 July '84. William Adams (Oxford). Morgan Library; misdated 11 June, corrected in another hand to July (the address and postmark are lost).—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 266.
- 975. M. 12 July '84. Thomas Bagshaw (Bromley). Address: To ye Revd Mr Bagshaw, Rector of Bromley. Not traced; copy made for JB, Isham.—Boswell 1791, ii. 536 (Hill iv. 351).
- 976. M. 12 July '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq in Rochester Kent. Postmark: 12 IY. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 537 (Hill iv. 352).
- 977. M. 12 July '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland in Muscovy Court Tower hill. Postmark: illegible (penny post). Adam.—NQ 5 S. vii. 381.
- 978. Ashbourne. ⟨July '84⟩. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 570; Boswell 1791, ii. 528 (Hill iv. 339).
- 978a. 'Bath' (see note). Th. 15 July '84. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Doctor Sam: Johnson Bolt Court Fleet Street London. Postmarks: 16 IY and BATH. R 540.110.—Tyson and Guppy, French Journals 1932, 24.
- 979. Ashbourne. W. 21 July '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 24 IY. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 557, extract dated 20 July (Hill iv. 353).
- 980. Ashbourne. W. 21 July '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1793, iii. 638 (Hill iv. 366).
- 981. Ashbourne. M. 26 July '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534, 555 (Hill iv. 348, 378).
- 982. Ashbourne. (?) c. 5 Aug. '84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 555 (Hill iv. 379). For the date see on 981.
- 982.1. Ashbourne. ? c. 7 Aug. '84. James Boswell. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 555 (Hill iv. 379). For the date see on 981.
- 983. Ashbourne, Sa. 31 July '84, Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 983.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 31 July '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Fettercairn.—
- 984. Ashbourne. M. 2 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Sotheby 30 July 1930.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 360).
- 985. Ashbourne. Th. 5 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 986. Ashbourne. Sa. 7 Aug. '84. John Hoole. Not traced.–Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 359).
- 986.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 7 Aug. '84. William Bowles (Heale). Sotheby 30 June 1942.—
- 987. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in Norfolk Street Strand London. Postmark: 14 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 538, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 988. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Humphry Heely. Address: To Mr Heely No 5 in Pye Street Westminster. Postmark: illegible. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 550 (Hill iv. 371).
- 988.1. Ashbourne. Th. 12 Aug. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Brighthelmston). Address: To Miss Thrale. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 53.
- 989. Ashbourne. 13 Aug. (misdated; perhaps 31 Aug.) '84. John Hoole. Address: To Mr Hoole in Queens Street, Lincolns Inn London. Postmark: — SE. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 359).
- 990. Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 16 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 991. Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Thomas Davies. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548 (Hill iv. 365).
- 991.1 Ashbourne. Sa. 14 Aug. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Porter at Green Hill Lichfield Turn at Derby. A. T. Loyd.—
- 992. Ashbourne. M. 16 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 18 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 354).
- 992.1. Ashbourne. M. 16 Aug. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 993. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 21 AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 539, extract (Hill iv. 355).
- 994. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. George Nicol. Address: To Mr (mutilated) Bookseller in the Strand London. Postmark: illegible. F. B. Vanderhoef.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547, from a copy by Astle, see Abbott, Catalogue 1600 (Hill iv. 365).
- 995. Ashbourne. Th. 19 Aug. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 21AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548, extract (Hill iv. 366).
- 996. Ashbourne, c. 20 Aug. '84. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 545, dated 'August' (Hill iv. 362).
- 997. Ashbourne. Sa. 21 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 23AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 355).
- 998. Ashbourne. Sa. 21 Aug. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 363.
- 998.1. Ashbourne. M. 23 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St. Martins Street Leicester Fields London. Sotheby 18 Feb. 1931; endorsed 'From Dr Johnson a fragment Augst 23d. 1784. No. 11'.—
- 998.2. M. 23 Aug. '84. ——
- 999. Ashbourne. Th. 26 Aug. '84. Bennet Langton (Rochester). Address: To Benet Langton Esq at Rochester By London. Postmark: 28AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 544, dated 25 August (Hill iv. 361).
- 1000. Ashbourne. Th. 26 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr. Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 28AV. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 356).
- 1000.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 28 Aug. '84. Charles Burney. Morgan Library.—
- 1000.2. Ashbourne. M. 30 Aug. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1SE. Fettercairn.—
- 1001. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 540, extract (Hill iv. 356).
- 1002. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 548, extract; 1793, iii. 639 (Hill iv. 366).
- 1003. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 364.
- 1003.1. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland. Major R. J. Nicol.—
- 1003.2. Ashbourne. Th. 2 Sept. '84. Hester Maria Thrale (Beckenham). Address: To Miss Thrale at John Cator's Esq. Lansdowne.—Lansdowne, Johnson and Queeney 1932, 55.
- 1004. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St Martin's Street, Leicester Fields, London. Postmark: 6SE.
- 1005. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. William Cumberland Cruikshank. Address: To Mr Cruikshank. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547, extract (Hill iv. 365).
- 1006. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. John Hoole. Address: To Mr Hoole. Sotheby 17 Feb. 1930.—Boswell 1791, ii. 543, extract (Hill iv. 360).
- 1006.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 4 Sept. '84. ? William Strahan. Adam.—
- 1007. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 11SE. Adam.—Boswell 1791, ii. 534, 548 (Hill iv. 348, 367).
- 1008. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Lord Thurlow. Not traced; draft in J's hand, Adam.—GM Dec. 1784, 892, from Reynolds's copy; Hawkins 1787, 571, 'from his own draft now in my hands'; Boswell 1791, ii. 535, from a draft (Hill iv. 349).
- 1009. Ashbourne. Th. 9 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 11SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1010. Ashbourne. Sa. 11 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 13SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541 (Hill iv. 357).
- 1010.1. Ashbourne. Sa. 11 Sept. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Address: To Mrs Lucy Porter in Lichfield. Turn at Derby. Adam.—
- 1010.2. Ashbourne. F. 13 Sept. (misdated Aug.) '84. William Bowles (Heale). Address: To W. Bowles Esq at Heale near Salisbury. Postmark: 15SE. A. B. Burney.—
- 1011. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 18SE. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1012. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 365.
- 1012.1. Ashbourne. Th. 16 Sept. '84. David Barclay. Address: To Mr Barclay in Red Lyon Square London (redirected to Youngsbury near Wear Herts). Postmark: 20SE. A. Houghton.—John Scott, Critical Essays 1785, iii.
- 1013. Ashbourne. Sa. 18 Sept.' 84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Postmark: 20SE. Fettercairn (dated 1748).—Boswell 1791, ii. 549 (Hill iv. 368).
- 1014. Ashbourne. Sa. 18 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address (Hill): To Mr Ryland, Merchant in London. Goodspeed Cat. 1943 (facsimile).—NQ 5 S. vii. 381.
- 1015. Lichfield. W. 29 Sept. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr. Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 1OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 541, extract (Hill iv. 357).
- 1016. Lichfield. W. 29 Sept. '84. John Ryland. Address (NQ): To Mr Ryland, Merchant in London. Christie 5 June 1888; Maggs Catalogue 339 (1915), 1273 (not seen).— NQ 5 S. vii. 381; extracts in Maggs catalogue, an independent text. See Addenda, p. 338, for a report of the MS.
- 1016.1. Lichfield. Th. 30 Sept. and Sa. 16 Oct. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1017. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. William Windham. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 546 (Hill iv. 362).
- 1018. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. Joshua Reynolds. Address: To Sir Joshua Reynolds in London. Harvard.—Boswell 1793, iii. 641 (Hill iv. 368).
- 1018.1. Lichfield. Sa. 2 Oct. '84. Eva Marie Garrick. Address: To Mrs Garrick at the Adelph London. Postmark: 4OC. Adam.—Illustrated London News Dec. 1855.
- 1019. Lichfield. M. 4 Oct. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins in Southwark. Postmark: 6OC. O. T. Perkins.—Boswell 1793, iii. 634 (Hill iv. 363).
- 1020. Lichfield. W. 6 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 8OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 358).
- 1021. Lichfield. W. 6 Oct. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: 8OC. Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania.—Literary Gazette 8 Dec. 1849.
- 1021.1. Lichfield. Su. 10 Oct. '84. William Scott. Address: To Dr Scot in the Commons London. Postmark: 13 (month missing). Marchioness of Crewe.—
- 1022. Lichfield. W. 13 Oct. '84. William Heberden. Not traced.—Croker's Boswell 1831, v. 289, extract; Hill 1892, from a copy of the original.
- 1023. Lichfield. Sa. 16 Oct. '84. George Strahan. Address: To the Revd Mr Strahan at Islington London. Postmark: 18OC. A. Houghton.—Hill 1892 (incomplete, from an auction catalogue; misdated 19 Oct.).
- 1023.1. Lichfield. Sa. 16 Oct. '84. William Strahan.
- 1024. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct.'84. William Gerard Hamilton. Address (mutilated): To Gerard Ha⟨ ⟩ in London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 546 (Hill iv. 363).
- 1025. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Paradise. Address: To — Paradise Esq near the Middlesex Hospital London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 547 (Hill iv. 364).
- 1026. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Nichols. B.M.—Boswell 1791, ii. 549 (Hill iv. 369).
- 1027. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 366.
- 1027.1. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr. Taylor. A. Houghton.—
- 1027.2. Lichfield. W. 20 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 22OC. Fettercairn.—
- 1028. Lichfield. Sa. 23 Oct. '84. John Taylor (Ashbourne). Address: To the Reverend Dr Taylor in Ashbourn Derbyshire. Maggs (1926), defective.—Morrison Catalogue 1885, ii. 343.
- 1029. Lichfield. M. 25 Oct. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 27OC. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 542, extract (Hill iv. 358).
- 1029.1. Lichfield. M. 25 Oct. '84. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 1029.2. Lichfield. Sa. 30 Oct. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: —NO. Adam.—
- 1030. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Charles Burney. Address (see 1030.1): To Dr Burney in St. Martin's Street Leicester Fields London. Postmark: 3NO. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 544 (Hill iv. 361).
- 1030.1. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Frances Burney. Address: To Miss Burney. (See 1030; the letter was written on p. 3 of 1030, p. 4 of which bore the postal address, &c.) Morgan Library.—
- 1031. Lichfield. M. 1 Nov. '84. Francesco Sastres. Not traced.—1788, No. 367.
- 1032. See after .
- 1033. Lichfield. W. 3 Nov.'84. James Boswell (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 556 (Hill iv. 380). The letter is dated 5 Nov. in 1793, which Hill inadvertently followed (see note).
- 1032. Lichfield. Th. 4 Nov. '84. John Ryland. Address: To Mr Ryland Merchant in London. Postmark: 8NO. Adam.—Athenæum 1848, 958.
- 1033.1. Lichfield. Sa. 6 Nov. '84. Richard Brocklesby. Address: To Dr Brocklesby in London. Postmark: 8NO. Fettercairn.—
- 1034. Lichfield. Su. 7 Nov. '84. John Hawkins. Not traced.—Hawkins, Life of Johnson 1787, 575, an extract.
- 1035. Lichfield, c. 10 Nov. '84. Jane Gastrell and Elizabeth Aston (Lichfield). Pembroke.—Hill 1892.
- 1036. W. 17 Nov. '84. Charles Burney. Address: To Dr Burney in St Martins Street Leicester Fields. Not traced; facsimile in Hill's Boswell 1887, iv. 377.—Boswell 1791, ii. 554 (Hill iv. 377). See App. G.
- 1036.1. W. 17 Nov. ⟨'84⟩. Francesco Sastres. Maggs Catalogue 286 (1912), 1709, 'to Mr. Saltres' (not seen).—Quoted in catalogue.
- 1037. W. 17 Nov. '84. Edmund Hector (Birmingham). Address: To Mr. Hector in Birmingham. Postmark: 17NO. Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 554 (Hill iv. 378).
- 1037.1. Sa. 27 Nov. '84. (?) John Hollyer. Frederick Hollyer (defective).—
- 1038. ⟨c. 17 Nov. '84⟩. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr Cadel. A. Houghton.—Known to Hill only from an auction catalogue.
- 1039. M. 29 Nov. '84. William Vyse. Address: To the Reverend Dr Vyse in Lambeth. Howell Ll. Davies.—Malone's Boswell 1804, iv. 437.
- 1039.1. M. 29 Nov. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1039.2. M. 29 Nov. '84. ⟨Bennet Langton⟩. Sotheby 25 Nov. 1929.—
- 1040. Th. 2 Dec. '84. Richard Greene (Lichfield). Address (Boswell): To Mr. Green, Apothecary, at Lichfield. Not traced; copy made for JB, Isham.—GM April 1785, 288, extract; Boswell 1791, ii. 566 (Hill iv. 393).
- 1041. Th. 2 Dec. '84. Lucy Porter (Lichfield). Fettercairn.—Boswell 1791, ii. 566, extract (Hill iv. 394).
- 1042. M. 6 Dec. '84. John Nichols. Address: To Mr Nicholls. B.M.—GM. Dec. 1784, ii. 892.
- 1042.1. Tu. 7 Dec. '84. William Strahan. Owen D. Young.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1042.2. F. 10 Dec. '84. William Strahan. Address: To William Strahan, Esq. Not traced.—C. K. Shorter, Unpublished Letters of S.J. 1915.
- 1043a. 20 Sept. n.y. Margaret Penelope Strahan. Address: To Mrs Strahan. Yale.—Hill 1892.
- 1043b. 29 Nov. n.y. ——. A. B. Burney.—Hill 1892.
- Close sectionLetters Undated or Incompletely Dated, and not Placed
- Close sectionLetters to Mrs. Thrale
- 1101. 4 Feb. n.y. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Abstract in catalogue.
- 1102. 8 Mar. n.y. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 4 June 1882 (not seen).—Abstract in catalogue.
- 1103. 27 March n.y. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Quotation in catalogue.
- 1103a. From Mrs. Thrale. Address: Dr. Johnson Fleet Street. R 539.12.—
- 1104. 21 May n.y. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 1105. Saturday. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Quotation in catalogue.
- 1106. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Cecil Tildesley.—
- 1107. Tuesday. Mrs. Thrale. Adam.—
- 1108. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Rosenbach Co. (1925).—
- 1109. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Sir Charles Russell.—
- 1110. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Sir Robert Hudson (defective).—
- 1111. n.d. Mrs. Thrale. Sotheby 30 Jan. 1918 (not seen).—Abstract in catalogue.
- 1111a. n.d. From Mrs. Thrale. R 539.32.—
- Close sectionLetters to Other Correspondents
- 1120. n.d. James Boswell (London). Not traced.—Boswell 1791, i. 454 (ii. 307, overlooked by Hill in Letters).
- 1121. 31 May n.y. Thomas Cadell. Address: To Mr Cadel Bookseller. Adam.—
- 1122. n.d. Thomas Cadell. Adam.—
- 1123. n.d. Thomas Cadell. A. H. Hallam Murray.—
- 1124. n.d. Thomas Davies. Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 460 (Hill iv. 231, overlooked in Letters).
- 1125. n.d. James Elphinston (Edinburgh). Not traced.—Quotation in Elphinston, Forty Years' Corresp. 1791, i. 34.
- 1126. Thursday. William and Elizabeth Franklin. Address: Governor Franklin, Norton Street. Not traced.—Quaritch Catalogue 438 (1930), 585; 'reputed to be written by Francis Barber from Dr. Johnson's dictation'.
- 1127. n.d. David Garrick. Sotheby 3 Dec. 1856, 1151 (not seen).—
- 1127.1. David Garrick. Sotheby 5 May 1900 (not seen).—
- 1128. 20 Jan. n.y. John Hawkesworth. Sir Owen Morshead.—
- 1129. Thursday. John Hoole. Tregaskis (1925).—
- 1130. n.d. John Hoole. Dobell (1937).—
- 1131. n.d. John Hoole. Address (catalogue): To Mr. Hoole in Queen's Street. Sotheby catalogue 12 Apr. 1875, 653. Extracts in catalogue.
- 1132. n.d. (?) George Johnstone. Not traced.—Described in Parl. Hist. xvii. 1105, quoted by Hill L i. 304.
- 1133. 9 Oct. n.y. Griffith Jones. Not traced.—Whitehall Evening Post 10–12 July 1798.
- 1134. 14 June n.y. Thomas Lawrence. Address: To Dr Laurence. A. Houghton.—
- 1135. n.d. Andrew Millar. Anderson Galleries, 12 Jan. 1932 (not seen).—Description in catalogue.
- 1136. n.d. ⟨? Sir John⟩ Miller. University of Texas (draft).—
- 1137. Thursday. Hannah More. Folger Library.—
- 1138. Friday. Hannah More. Address: To Miss Moore. John Grant, Catalogue March 1931.—
- 1139. n.d. Hannah More. Edward Howard, Manchester, Catalogue 114 (1897).—Abstract in catalogue.
- 1140. n.d. ⟨John Mudge.⟩ Not traced.—Boswell 1791, ii. 212, an extract (Hill iii. 266, overlooked in 1892). I find, too late for excision, that this is a mare's nest; see iii. 68.
- 1141. Friday. John Nichols. British Museum.—
- 1142. n.d. John Nichols. F. W. Hilles.—
- 1143. n.d. John Nichols. Dobell (1937).—
- 1144. n.d. The Earl of Orrery. Adam.—
- 1145. n.d. Thomas Percy. Address: To the Reverend Dr Percy. E. H. W. Meyerstein.—Hill, JM. ii. 441.
- 1146. 24 Jan. n.y. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 1147. n.d. John Perkins. Address: To Mr Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 1148. 3 Feb. n.y. John Perkins. O. T. Perkins.—
- 1149. n.d. Frances Reynolds. R. Colomb.—Hill, JM. ii. 455.
- 1150. n.d. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds. Society of Antiquaries ('Dr Johnson believe in March 83').—
- 1151. n.d. Frances Reynolds. Address: To Mr Reynolds R. Colomb.—
- 1152. 14 Aug. n.y. Joshua Reynolds. F. W. Hilles.—
- 1153. 25 Apr. n.y. Francesco Sastres. Address: Apr. 26. morning To Mr Sastres at Mr —— Bookseller in Mortimer Street Oxford Road. Postmark: (penny post) illegible. Huntington.—
- 1154. n.d. Anna Maria Smart (Dublin). Not traced.—Smart's Poems 1791, i. xxi; Boswell 1799, iv. 377, extract (iv. 358, overlooked by Hill in Letters).
- 1155. Thursday (no month or year). John Taylor. Sotheby 31 March 1875 (not seen).
- 1156. n.d. John Taylor. 'Sale catalogue of Major Ross, 6 June 1888' (not seen).—Description in catalogue.
- 1157. n.d. ⟨? Thomas⟩ Warton. Address (defective): Revd … Warton. Morgan Library (date perhaps removed).—
- 1157.1. Monday. Thomas Warton (Oxford). Address: To the Revd Mr Warton. Trinity College.—
- 1158. Wed. (no month or year). ⟨? Charles Wesley⟩. Note of source mislaid.
- Close sectionLetters to Unnamed Correspondents
- Close sectionLetters to Mrs. Thrale
- Close section End Matter
