A letter from Dr Smollett to Samuel Richardson, 1756, (1840).Artist: Tobias George Smollett

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A letter from Dr Smollett to Samuel Richardson, 1756, (1840). View of Monmouth House at Chelsea, in which Smollett wrote his Roderick Random. The letter is denying that Smollett was a author of an article in the Critical Review, reflecting upon the talents of the author of Clarissa. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac-similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).

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