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Taylor, John. Letter to "Dear Brother."


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    Johnson, Samuel. Letter to John Taylor

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    London, England. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages. Transcribed in Bruce Redford, ed. The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Princeton University Press, 1994), vol. IV: p. 276-75.

    HM 20827

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    Johnson, Samuel. Letter to John Taylor

    Manuscripts

    [London, England]. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Transcribed in Bruce Redford, ed. The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Princeton University Press, 1994) vol. IV: 335-36.

    HM 20822

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    John Wesley letters

    Manuscripts

    A large folio extra-illustrated volume containing twenty-six letters by John Wesley and single letters by Robert Southey, Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield. The volume also contains a few printed items and various engravings of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, George Whitfield, Robert Southey, Samuel Wesley, and locations associated with the Wesley family. The letter to an unidentified woman (1778 November 13, HM 57046) is a printed facsimile of the original letter in the Methodist Archives, Rylands University Library (Manchester, England). George Whitefield's letter (HM 57062) is addressed to "Mr. Blackwell at Mr. Martin's a Banker in Lombard Street in London" and is dated 1739 June 27. The letter to Rev. Samuel Furly (1758 March 7, HM 57036) is written by secretary John Jones.

    mssHM 57035-57063

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    Johnson, Samuel. Letter to [John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute]

    Manuscripts

    [London, England]. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Transcribed in Bruce Redford, ed. The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Princeton University Press, 1992), vol. 1: 212

    HM 20825

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    Christopher Isherwood letters to John B.L. Goodwin

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    Three letters from Christopher Isherwood to the American author and poet, John B.L. Goodwin. HM 83696, autograph letter written from London, England (Sep. 18, 1961) ; HM 83697, typewritten letter written from Santa Monica, Calif. (Sep. 23, [1963]) ; HM 83698, also a typewritten letter from Santa Monica (Aug. 30, [1964]). The letters discuss mutual friends John Osborne, Somerset Maugham, Tony Richardson, and Don Bachardy; also Isherwood's current work: Down There on a Visit (1962), A Single Man (1964), the screenplay for The Loved One (1964), Ramakrishna and His Disciples (1965), and Goodwin's book, A View of Fuji (1963). All letters are in excellent condition; HM 83697 contains autograph notes in red ink on the bottom of the page.

    mssHM 83696-83698

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    John G. Nicolay, Washington, D.C., letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes

    Manuscripts

    Autograph letter signed. Regarding the history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-HM 3189). Includes envelope. (2 pages)

    HM 25280