The Life of Samuel Johnson

by James Boswell

  II Letters

  General (chronological): J.B.’s appeal to owners to publish them 17; some lost 50, 131; an effort to write them 249; date omitted or wrong 255, 408; returns, not answers 410, 636; those to Scotland franked by Strahan 721; puts as little as possible into them 820; permits J.B. to copy some 874; publication by Mrs Piozzi, see Others: Thrale, Hester Lynch.

  Letters to particular persons printed in full or in part, or precisely described: to Edmund Allen 888; to Thomas Astle 838; to the Revd T. Bagshaw 399, 957; to (Sir) Joseph Banks 336; to Francis Barber 294, 320; to Baretti 193, 197, 202; to Jakes Barry 874; to Beattie 758; to Birch 92, 126; to Mr B[on]d 370; to J.B. 248, 262, 272, 292, 298, 317, 334, 337, 368, 369, 402–3, 404, 406–7, 408, 410, 411, 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 427, 428, 463, 464–6, 468, 481, 482, 484, 485–7, 487–8, 489, 490, 541, 565, 569, 570, 575, 576, 578, 586, 587, 590, 592, 593, 595, 636, 639, 673, 719, 723, 725, 734, 736, 737, 747, 748, 750, 758, 763, 803, 840, 847, 849, 850, 851, 852, 855, 890, 895, 899, 906, 907, 909, 955, 957, 974, 975; to Mrs Boswell 564, 591, 852; to Mme de Boufflers 479; to Dr Brocklesby 891, 958–62; to Dr Burney 156, 174, 176, 261, 894, 963, 974; to the Earl of Bute 200, 202; to Edward Cave 53, 62, 71–2, 79–80, 89–90; to (Sir) Robert Chambers 148; to Mrs Chapone 898; to Chesterfield 142; to Richard Clark 905; to a clergyman at Bath 848; to a young clergyman, see Charles Lawrence, below; to Dr Cruickshank 894, 967; to Tom Davies 889, 967; to Charles Dilly 736, 904; to Edward Dilly (really written to W. Sharp) 589; to Dr Dodd 600, 602; to William Drummond 277–9;to Dr Edwards 722; to James Elphinston 117–18; to Dr Farmer 319, 754; to Samuel Ford 59; to Richard Green 984; to W. G. Hamilton 897, 965; to Warren Hastings 801–2; to Edmund Hector 50, 846–7, 974; to Heely 970; to John Hoole 416, 963–4; to Ozias Humphrey 912; to John Hussey 723; to Charles Jenkinson (1st Earl of Liverpool) 601; to a Lady, asking for a recommendation 197; to Bennet Langton 157, 174, 180, 181, 190, 268, 269, 286, 332, 335, 338, 411, 454, 463, 588, 721, 837, 845, 895–6, 910–11, 957, 964; to Miss Jane Langton 913; to Charles Lawrence 759; to Dr Thomas Lawrence 421, 750, 840, 844; to Robert Levett 412, 466, 569; to Theophilus Levett 93; to James Macpherson 422; to Malone 843; to Metcalfe 854; to Dr Mudge 894; – described as ‘an eminent friend’ 667; to John Nichols 795, 854, 969; to George Nicol 966; to Charles O’Conor 173, 580; to John Paradise 966; to John Perkins 415, 828, 850, 905, 965; to Lucy Porter 468, 735, 813, 843–4, 875, 890, 904, 906, 985; to Reynolds 255, 335, 336, 562, 563, 567, 811, 838, 854, 874, 884, 887, 902, 920, 955, 967–8; to Joseph Simpson 185; to Dr Staunton 196; to George Steevens 407, 572; to W. Strahan 571, 720; to Mrs Strahan 819, 842; to Dr Taylor 131, 888, 912; to Mrs Thrale 752, 754, 888, 896, 897; to Susannah Thrale 897; to Lord Chancellor Thurlow 956; to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, Dr Huddesford 153; – Dr Fothergill 441; to Dr Vyse 588; to Dr Joseph Warton 137, 320; to the Revd Thomas Warton 146, 149–52, 154, 173, 179, 180, 297, 319; to Saunders Welch 640; to John Wesley 736; to Dr Wetherell 491; to Dr Wheeler 722; to the Revd W. White 371; to the Revd T. Wilson 854; to Windham 887, 965.