Letters, 1750-1787 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1439327
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1750-1787
- 1 cm. (1 folder)
- Summary:
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Copies of three letters by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell and Elizabeth Montague. Also includes a subscription, date and signature from a letter written by Dr Johnson to Reverend John Hussey, 1778 Dec. 29.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 7531.
- Originals held by Rare Books Section, National Library of Australia at RB/DNS/5490.
- Source of Acquisition:
- These letters were found tipped into the pages of a volume of the two-volume first edition of Boswell's Life of Dr Samuel Johnson, published in London in 1791 (see National Library Press Release 4/6/1985).
- Reproduction:
- Photocopy.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1750-1787
- Occupation:
- Authors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1870 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1800
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1787
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