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

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