Janus: Noel Turner: Account of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson's Visit to Cambridge in 1765

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Noel Turner: Account of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson's Visit to Cambridge in 1765

Title	Noel Turner: Account of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson's Visit to Cambridge in 1765
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.3859
Creator	Turner, Noel
Covering Dates	1823 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Formerly belonged to Col. F. R. C. Grant, and possibly presented by him.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Noel Turner: Account of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson's Visit to Cambridge in 1765, MS Add.3859

Further information

Turner's account was first printed in the New Monthly Magazine for Dec. 1818, and was reprinted in James Boswell's Life of Johnson, 2, pp. 330-41. This copy appears to be taken from the New Monthly Magazine.

Index Terms

Cambridge

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) author and lexicographer

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