Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
17-19 February 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/834
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    169 Bosweur (J.) A. L.s. 34 pp. 4to, London, 9 May, 1772, to the same, A FINE LETTER: “Except [the separation from his wife] I have had almost com- pleat felicity since ever I came to London, admirable health, fine spirits, the conversation of the first geniuses. I am now sitting in Mr. Samuel Johnson’s Study. Dempster & I are to dine téte a téte at the St. Alban’s Tavern, at six I go & see Mr. Garrick in the Wonder ... and after the Play I sup at his house. There is a specimen of a day. My Journal will shew you all the rest.” Says he pleaded the Schoolmaster of Campbelltown’s cause in the House of Lords: adds in a postscript ‘‘Mr. Johnson dined with Mr. Dempster & me on Saturday.” seal-hole, weak in folds, about one-fifth of the second sheet missing (in the unimportant portion of the letter), laid down on gauze, by Riviere 170 Boswett (J.) A. L.s. 3 pp. 4to, n. d. to the same : Hoping he will soon manage his country affairs. “I have had most discouraging accounts of mine from Hallglenmuir & James Bruce.” Goes into his affairs in detail, the price of Land, &c. “T paid Mr. Walter Scott £200 on his acknowledgement ...I go to Bothwell Castle to-morrow.” weak in the folds, approximately one-fifth of the letter defectwe, laid down on transparent gauze, by Riviere 171 Boswety (J.) A. L.s. 3 pp. 4to, Hdinburgh, 9 May, 1782, to the same: “The newspapers will probably have informed you of my being disappointed of the Office of Judge Advocate ... Our friend Abercrombie has informed me of what Lord Ellioch has said about your engagement for Mr. Armstrong to the Royal Bank .. .” Mentions financial affairs “I am going west to-morrow, my principal tenant in Dalblair having become bankrupt... Read the Rambler and (which I should have said first) read the Gospel.” seal-hole, weak in folds ‘ Che Property of Mrs. Jean Todbhunter, 31, Wilbury Road, Hove. 172 JOHNSON (Samuel) AuTo. LATIN PROSE EXERCISE SIGNED “Sam: JoHNson,” 2 full pages, 8vo, approximately 30 lines on the theme ‘*‘ Malos tueri haud tutum,” which stands as a title to the essay; there is no date but the handwriting is of an early character, and the probabilities seem to point to its being written either during Johnson’s schooldays, or more probably during the period he was
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