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Inviting him to a meal of "plain roast
beef and honest port".
ACC: 99.8.5 (44.619)

Concerning a request from Malone
for further information relating
to the title of a ballad, recommending
a teacher of Spanish for the benefit
of his pupils, and urging him and his
family to come and dine.
ACC: 99.8.4 (44.618)

Postponement of a planned visit.
ACC: 90.8.9 (43.60)

Disclosing that Thomas Gray has not
begun to write the "Ode on the
Installation of the Duke of Grafton",
for which Burney was planning to
supply the music; tells Gray of his
experience in writing an Ode on the
Duke of Newcastle for which Boyce
wrote the music.
ACC: 99.11.1

Letter thanking Burney for his
comments on Shakespeare's musical
knowledge, and requesting more.
Malone inquires about Shakespeare's
knowledge of eunuchs; comments on
the sales of Boswell's Tour, and
Wilkes's reaction to it, and offers
his own praise of Johnson's "good
thinking."
ACC.: 98.7.49

Letter commenting on details of
Dryden's life and works; asks if
Burney can confirm Dryden's death
date in "some of our early
newspapers."
ACC.: 98.7.50

Speaks of sending Burney a salmon;
Johnson's health; a visit by
Jerningham (Edward Jerningham,
1737-1812).
Accompanied by: typed transcript.
ACC: 99.2.5 (44.596)

2p., with address. 25 x 20 cm.

2 p. 18 x 11 cm.
Concerning a play called "Old Wives
Tales", presumed to have been
written by Peele or Nashe.

4 p.
19 x 12 cm.