Manuscripts

Long Expected One-and-Twenty: satirical poem written on the occasion of the coming of age of his ward Sir John Lade

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Description: Also includes: Samuel Johnson letter to Hester Lynch Piozzi, August 8, 1780 (mssHM 26011); typewritten transcriptions of the poem and letter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1780.
Call number: mssHM 2583
Creator: Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of April 1935.
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Associated people: Piozzi, Hester Lynch, (1741-1821.)
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