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[Document, 1738 January 31]

1. [Document, 1738 January 31]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: January 31, 1738
Summary: Acknowledges Peter Jay's letter of 22 January. Is willing to take in Augustus. Will not instruct him himself in reading and writing, but will send him to a good schoolmaster. As soon as he can read well, will tutor him in Latin. Augustus can in time b...
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[Document, 1739 December 06]

2. [Document, 1739 December 06]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 06, 1739
Summary: Apologizes for delay in writing. Is sorry for Peter Jay's "dark apprehensions about P.Q." If he should need a lawyer, Mr. Fitch of Norwalk is the best. Augustus suffers from a burn on his face, but apparently it is not serious and is expected to heal ...
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[Document, 1739 December 14]

3. [Document, 1739 December 14]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 14, 1739
Summary: Augustus's face is healing well and is not likely to be much scarred. Mr. Rutgers' son Antony, who was also burned by the gunpowder explosion, is healing, and can see well, although his eyes are still weak.
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[Document, 1739 December 29]

4. [Document, 1739 December 29]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 29, 1739
Summary: Augustus is improving in both reading and writing "if not so fast as we could wish, perhaps as fast as can be expected from his bird-witted humour. "Recommends his son-in-law, Benny Nicoll, who wishes to continue his legal studies in New York, to Pete...
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[Document, 1739 July 27]

5. [Document, 1739 July 27]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: July 27, 1739
Summary: Repeats his condolences on the blindness of Peter Jay's children. Reports that Augustus has been told that it is likely his brother and sister would never see again. Samuel Johnson hopes that the extra help Augustus is getting in reading from a woman ...
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[Document, 1739 June 19]

6. [Document, 1739 June 19]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: June 19, 1739
Summary: Letter to console Peter Jay on the blindness of his children Ann and Peter. Reports that Augustus is doing well.
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[Document, 1740 August 21]

7. [Document, 1740 August 21]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: August 21, 1740
Summary: Introduces Mr. Ellery of Hartford, the son-in-law of Mr. Austin of Hartford, and recommends him as a diligent young gentlemen and a customer who pays his debts "as promptly as he bargains." "Mr. Gustey" continues as before. Sends condolences on the de...
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[Document, 1740 May 27]

8. [Document, 1740 May 27]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: May 27, 1740
Summary: Messrs. Sheerwood and Winmar, who are the bearers of this letter, have caught the robber who stole plate from the Jewish Synagogue in New York. Jay, being an Alderman of New York, is the most likely person Johnson knows who can negotiate the return of...
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[Document, 1741 April 13]

9. [Document, 1741 April 13]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: April 13, 1741
Summary: Is sorry he cannot give as advantageous an account of Augustus's progress as he had hoped. Augustus is somewhat better, however, for he and Mrs. Johnson have taken more pains to teach him than one of their own children. Peter Jay must decide whether o...
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[Document, 1741 September 17]

10. [Document, 1741 September 17]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: September 17, 1741
Summary: Is glad to hear that Peter Jay has found Augustus improved in his learning. Is returning the Roman Antiquities and Ovid, but wishes to keep the Greek Antiquities and Terence a little longer. Acknowledges that Peter Jay has paid him in full. Is sorry t...
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