File NLW MS 11103D. - A group of holograph letters and miscellaneous papers:-a letter from Edward] Bridge, Lleweney, to [John Salusbury of Bach-y-graig], 1756 (particulars ...,

A group of holograph letters and miscellaneous papers:-a letter from Edward] Bridge, Lleweney, to [John Salusbury of Bach-y-graig], 1756 (particulars of Mr. Allwood's survey of the Bach-y-graig estate); a proof copy of a circular from Henry Thrale to the electors of Southwark, 1765, with manuscript corrections by Dr. Samuel Johnson; a draft letter of thanks from Henry Thrale to the electors of Southwark [December, 1765], in the hand of Samuel Johnson; a bill, in French, from Henry Metman, etc., Paris, to 'Monsieur Thralle' for clothing, 1775; a bill, in French, from [--] Guerrier, 'Marchand Bonnetier', Paris, to [Samuel] Johnson for stockings, 1775; a laundry bill, in French, for 'Mr Jenson' [1775]; a letter from Frances Burney, Brighthelmstone, to Doctor S. Johnson, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London [1778] (correspondence between the writer and the recipient); a draft letter [1781] in the hand of Samuel Johnson concerning the putting of the brewhouse [the old Anchor Brewery in Southwark] in the hands of Robert Barclay and John Perkins; a letter (unsigned) from [Hester Lynch Thrale] to Mr. Swale, 1784 (rejecting future correspondence from the recipient); a transcript of an 'Impartial Character of Dr. Samuel Johnson' from The European Magazine ..., May, 1795; a letter from 'Edwin', Covent Garden [London], to [--], 1789 (containing an epitaph on Samuel Johnson); a passport, 1790, issued to [Marquis] de Trotti and [Abbé de] Buchetti to travel from France to London; a letter from 'Estipee' [Hester Lynch Piozzi?] to Messrs. T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and [William] Davies, booksellers, Strand, London, 1796 (comments on predictions and prophecies arising from the recipients' 'ingenious Work'); 'A Christmas Carol for Brynbella 1797', in the hand of Hester Lynch Piozzi?; a letter from [Hester Lynch Piozzi] from 43 Great Pultney Street, Bath, to [her coachman] Jacob (Weston], 1798 (news of the writer's husband and 'our dear little Boy' John [Salusbury Piozzi] Salusbury, the marriage of Mrs. Beckwith and Thomas Davies, the gardener at Brynbella, a payment for 'our dear little Boy's schooling, etc.); a letter (in the third person) from Wm. Henry Chambers, Holywell, to Mrs. Piozzi at Bath, 1803 (literary patronage for the writer); a letter from T[homas] Shephard, Enborne [near Newbury], to Mrs Piozzi, 54 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1810 (John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury's tutoring account etc.); a transcript of a letter from [Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury] to Dr [Robert] Gray, 1823 (condolence, regret at the recipient's departure from Bronwylfa); two letters from Robt. Gray from Bronwylfa and Bishop Wearmouth, to Sir John [Salusbury Piozzi] Salisbury [sic] at Bronwylfa, 1823 (acknowledgement of condolence, a request that the writer's letters should not be included among the Mrs. Piozzi manuscripts advertised for sale); and stanzas by Thomas Gray. The following documents have been extracted from other items in the 'Brynbella Piozziana' and added to the present group: -a holograph letter from Edwd. Mangin [from Bath] to Mrs. Piozzi at 8 Gay Street [Bath], [1816] (accepting an invitation); a list of the names and subscriptions of the well-wishers of Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury at Brynbella, 6 January, 1818; and copies of correspondence between Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, James Wason, Liverpool, and Messrs. Bridge & Mason, Red Lion Square [London], 1844-1845, relating to claims upon, and the title to, the Bachygraig estate. English; French. Formerly Brynbella 'Piozziana' MS 8.