Original letter mounted on illustrated card in the style of an illuminated manuscript. Use the 'Zoom to 100%' tool above the magnifying slider to see the image in full resolution.
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Letter written by John Forster to Richard Herne Shepherd regarding his publication, The Life of Johnathan Swift. The contents of the letter are difficult to decipher owing to Forster's handwriting; it is unclear whether he is referencing the first volume which had recently been published, or the second volume which he was currently working on. John Forster passed away some weeks after he wrote this letter, having never completed the second volume.
In his annotation A.H. Reed states that Forster died prior to the publication of the first volume of The Life of Johnathan Swift; this information is incorrect.
