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Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, noting the death of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, author and lexicographer). \u2018I could not resist the inclination I felt to condole with you and the rest of the Indigo tribe on the death of Dr Johnston [sic<\/i>]. Alas poor Mary he fell a victim to Signora Piozzi's marriage therefore I insist if you are not already married, that you will not by a pretended cruelty run the risk of sacrificing Mr Dickenson. It would certainly make a fine subject for a Poem for the blue stocking tribe that one of the society had murdered a deserving young man\u2019. Lord Napier suggests, somewhat in jest, that Johnson died of a broken heart because of Hester Thrale's marriage and teases Hamilton about her own forthcoming marriage to John Dickenson. <\/p>
Dated at Dublin Barracks.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Mary Hamilton Papers" }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Hamilton, Mary" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Not stated." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Napier, Francis Scott, 8th Lord" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.
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Letter from Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier, to Mary Hamilton, noting the death of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, author and lexicographer). \u2018I could not resist the inclination I felt to condole with you and the rest of the Indigo tribe on the death of Dr Johnston [sic<\/i>]. Alas poor Mary he fell a victim to Signora Piozzi's marriage therefore I insist if you are not already married, that you will not by a pretended cruelty run the risk of sacrificing Mr Dickenson. It would certainly make a fine subject for a Poem for the blue stocking tribe that one of the society had murdered a deserving young man\u2019. Lord Napier suggests, somewhat in jest, that Johnson died of a broken heart because of Hester Thrale's marriage and teases Hamilton about her own forthcoming marriage to John Dickenson. <\/p>
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