Letter from Samuel Johnson to Robert Lowth, Bishop of London
Single Item
MS. Eng. lett. d. 83
Letter from Samuel Johnson to Robert Lowth, Bishop of London, 13 July 1780, with draft of Lowth's reply.
Dates
- 13 Jul 1780
Extent
4 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. lett. d. 83
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17114
Abstract
Letter from Samuel Johnson to Robert Lowth, Bishop of London
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English author and lexicographer. Robert Lowth (1710-1787) was an English biblical critic and bishop of London.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Bookplate of Robert B. Adam, who gave it to Chapman in 1925.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from R. W. Chapman, 1940.
Bibliography
- Johnson's letter is printed in Letters of Samuel Johnson, ed. R. W. Chapman (Oxford, 1952) ii, 379-80; both letters are printed in BRL, 1 (1939-41), 199-201.
- Title
- Letter from Samuel Johnson to Robert Lowth, Bishop of London
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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