| Evidence: | 'This letter [printed above; from Dr Dodd, a clergyman condemned to death, asking Johnson to help him appeal for clemency to the King] was brought to Dr. Johnson when in church. He stooped down and read it, and wrote, when he went home, the following letter for Dr. Dodd to the King. [reproduced below]'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 22 Jun 1777 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: church |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Dodd |
| Title: | [letter] |
| Genre: | Sermon |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21701 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 831 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 831, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21701, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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