Johnson, Samuel, (1709-1784), lexicographer, essayist, literary biographer

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Surname:	Johnson
Forenames:	Samuel
Gender:	Male
Date:	1709-1784
Biography:	ODNB link for Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784), lexicographer essayist literary biographer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P161430 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15631 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Samuel Johnson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
2	proof sheets (with corrections) of his Lives of the English Poets (2 vols), and corresp	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
3	proofs of dictionary (vol I)	British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences	C 45 k 3	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4	annotated dictionary (Vol II)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	2922	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5	dictionary	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 2329
6	letters and printed material	Dr Johnson's House		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
7	1774, 1777: journal of tour of North Wales and memoranda	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 12070
8	1782: diary	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don f 6	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1775: diary of a journey to France	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 35299	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
10	1775: notebook of a French journey (copy)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	MS 661	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	1752-53: notebook with annotations by George III	Royal Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	MSS rel to Shakespeare	Aberystwyth University		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
13	draft of Irene	British Library, Manuscript Collections	King's 306	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	misc papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don c 62
15	papers	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	papers	The Morgan Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
17	1743-56: corresp with Thomas Birch	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4310	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
18	1763-1784: corresp with James Boswell and misc papers incl verses	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 89	NRA 22146 Boswell
19	letters (13) to Charlotte and Alexander Lennox	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP183	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20	1778-84: letters (1 vol) to John Nichols	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 5159	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
21	1774-84: letters (21) to John Perkins (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP476	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
22	1764-84: corresp with Frances Reynolds (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP186	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
23	1769-84: corresp with Hester Lynch Thrale	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Eng MSS 537-40, 543
24	1769-80: letters (15) to Hester Lynch Thrale	Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	MS21	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25	letters (56) to Susan Arabella Thrale	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP5318	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	letters (20) to Thomas Warton	Oxford University: Trinity College	Presidents & Fellows 5/1	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
27	1727-84: misc corresp and papers, prayers and meditations (14 vols)	Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives	63/3; Library MSS 23; J23	NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
28	annotations on Spence's Anecdotes	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
29	scrapbooks (2) of bills, MSS and clippings	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Reports xxx-xxxiv
30	1778-84: letters to John Nichols	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 5159
31	1746-84: letters (26); literary MSS	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
32	documents connected with Johnson and Lichfield	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	44.191	NRA 38865 Osborn colln
33	1676-1814: naval, scientific, and literary papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89061	See Annual Return 2013