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Boswell, James, 1740–1795
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Dilly, Charles -- Publisher.
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Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), b. 1886 -- Bookplate.
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Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794 -- Bookplate.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
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Hebrides (Scotland) -- Description and travel.
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Isham, Ralph Heyward, 1890–1955 -- Ownership.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784.
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Kern, Jerome, 1885–1945 -- Bookplate.
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Morice, Burton -- Bookplate.
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Private Papers of James Boswell -- Ownership.
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Scotland. Court of Session.
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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963 -- Bookplate.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775.
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Hebrides (Scotland)
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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A letter to the people of Scotland on the alarming attempt to infringe the articles of the Union : and introduce a most pernicious innovation, by diminishing the number of the lords of Session / by James Boswell.
Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
107 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, esq. containing some poetical pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the tour, and never before published; a series of his conversation, literary anecdotes, and opinions of men and books: with an authentick account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II. in the year 1746 ...
Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 524 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts