James Boswell Letter to Andrew Gibb
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a signed, handwritten letter from London by James Boswell to Andrew Gibb; hand-written unsigned reply from Gibb to Boswell drafted on verso. Boswell portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, engraved by E. Finden.
Dates
- January 4, 1791
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
James Boswell (1740-1785) Scottish author and biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Extent
1 envelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Arthur G. Rippey estate, 1997.
General
In box and folder by Laura Wait.
- Engravings. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Portraits Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
