James Harris manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Harris, James, 1709-1780", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"James Harris manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1743-1765", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1743/1765"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1765 : (MISC 0252) : from London; wanting to send a copy of his own works to John Lockman, Esq., in Brownlow Street.</p><p>· To Chancellor [John] Hoadly, poet and playwright : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jun 1743 : (MISC 0251) : from Sarum; begins, \"I last week rec'd a most acceptable & valuable present ...\".</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1743

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1743

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1765

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1743

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1765

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2 items

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{"value"=>"James Harris manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). &#xB7; To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1765 : (MISC 0252) : from London; wanting to send a copy of his own works to John Lockman, Esq., in Brownlow Street.", "generated"=>true}

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