APPENDIX.

No. I.

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COPY OF DR JOHNSON's WILL AND CODICIL.

In the name of God. Amen. I SAMUEL JOHNSON, being in full possession of my faculties, but fearing this night may put an end to my life, do ordain this my last Will and Testament. I bequeath to GOD a soul polluted by many sins, but I hope purified by CHRIST. I have L.750 in the hands of Bennet Langton, Esq.; L.300 in the hands of Mr Barclay and Mr Perkins, brewers; L.150 in the hands of Dr Percy, bishop of Dromore; L.1000 three per cent. annuities in the public funds; and L.100 now lying by me in ready money: all these before-mentioned sums and property I leave, I say, to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir John Hawkins, and Dr William Scott

of Doctors Commons, in trust, for the following uses: That is to say, to pay to the representatives of the late William Innys, bookseller in St Paul's Churchyard, the sum of L.200*; to Mrs White, my female servant, L.100 stock in the three per cent. annuities aforesaid; the rest of the aforesaid sums of money and property, together with my books, plate, and household furniture, I leave to the before-mentioned Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir John Hawkins, Dr William Scott, also in trust, to be applied, after paying my debts, to the use of Francis Barber, my man-servant, a negro, in such a manner as they shall judge most fit and available to his benefit. And I appoint the aforesaid Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir John Hawkins, and Dr William Scott, sole executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments whatever. In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my seal, this 8th day of December 1784.

"SAMUEL JOHNSON, (L. S.)

Signed, sealed, published, declared, and delivered, by the said testator, as his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us; the word two being first inserted in the opposite page.

"GEORGE STRAHAN.

JOHN DESMOULINS."

He told Sir John Hawkins, that, his father having become a bankrupt, Mr Innys had assisted him with money or credit to continue his business. "This (said he) I consider an obligation e me to be grateful to his descendants."

and

"By way of Codicil to my last Will and Testament, I SAMUEL JOHNSON, give, devise, and bequeath, my messuage or tenement, situate at Lichfield!*, in the county of Stafford, with the appurtenances, in the tenure or occupation of Mrs Bond of Lichfield aforesaid, or of Mr Hinchman, her under tenant, to my executors, to sell and dispose of the same; and the money arising from such sale I give and bequeath as follows, viz. to Thomas and Benjamin, the sons of Fisher Johnson, late of Leicester, -Whiting, daughter of Thomas Johnson, late of Coventry, and the grand-daughter of the said Thomas Johnson, one full and equal part each; but in case there shall be more grand-daughters than one of the said Thomas Johnson living at the time of my decease, I give and bequeath the part or share of that one to and equally between such granddaughters. I give and bequeath to the Rev. Mr Rogers of Berkley, near Froome, in the county of Somerset, the sum of L.100, requesting him to apply the same towards the maintenance of Elizabeth

The corner-house in the Market-place, built by his father, the two fronts of which, towards the Market and Broad-street, stood upon waste land of the Corporation, under a forty years lease. On the expiration of the term, in 1767, the Corporation shewed their respect and veneration for the merits and learning of their fellowcitizen, by renewing the lease, without any solicitation, for the term of ninety-nine years, at the old rent, which was five shillings, without requiring any fine; and he died possessed of this property.

+ Sir John Hawkins estimates the amount of the bequest to his relations, five in number, at L.235, the sum which the house at Lichfield produced at a sale by auction.

Herne, a lunatic. I also give and bequeath to my god-children, the son and daughter of Mauritius Lowe, painter, each of them, L.100 of my stock in the three per cent. consolidated annuities, to be applied and disposed of by and at the discretion of my executors, in the education or settlement in the world of them my said legatees. Also, I give and bequeath to Sir John Hawkins, one of my executors, the Annales Ecclesiastici of Baronius and Holinshed's and Stowe's Chronicles, and also an octavo Common Prayer-Book. To Bennet Langton, Esq. I give and bequeath my Polyglot Bible. To Sir Joshua Reynolds, my great French Dictionary, by Martiniere, and my own copy of my folio English Dictionary, of the last revision. To Dr William Scott, one of my executors, the Dictionnaire de Commerce, and Lectius's edition of the Greek Poets. To Mr Windham, Poetæ Græci Heroici per Henricum Stephanum. To the Rev. Mr Strahan, vicar of Islington, in Middlesex, Mill's Greek Testament, Beza's Greek Testament by Stephens, all my Latin Bibles, and my Greek Bible by Wechelius. To Dr Heberden, Dr Brocklesby, Dr Butter, and Mr

He had placed Mrs Herne, his first cousin, upon her discharge from Bethlehem Hospital as incurable, in a private mad-house, and constantly paid the bills for her keeping, amounting to L.25 a-year, including an annuity of L.10, bequeathed to her by a lady of the name of Prowse. Mr Rogers, who had married the daughter of Mrs Prowse, probably considering that the interest of L.100 would fall short of Johnson's contribution towards her maintenance, and that the burthen of supporting her would lie on himself, renounced the legacy. The executors applied the L.100 towards her mainte

nance.

Cruikshank, the surgeon who attended me, Mr Holder, my apothecary, Gerard Hamilton, Esq. Mrs Gardiner of Snow-hill, Mrs Frances Reynolds, Mr Hoole, and the Rev. Mr Hoole, his son, each a book at their election, to keep as a token of remembrance *. I also give and bequeath to Mr John Desmoulins, L.200 consolidated three per cent. annuities; and to Mr Sastres, the Italian master, the sum of L.5, to be laid out in books of piety for his own use. And whereas the said Bennet Langtonhath agreed, in consideration of the sum of L 750, mentioned in my will to be in his hands, to grant and secure an annuity of L.70, payable during the life of me and my servant, Francis Barber, and the life of the survivor of us, to Mr George Stubbs, in trust for us; my mind and will is, that in case of my decease before the said agreement shall be perfected, the said sum of L.750, and the bond for securing the said sum, shall go to the said Francis Barber; and I hereby give and bequeath to him the same, in lieu of the bequest in his favour, contained in my said Will, or of this Codicil thereto, out of such effects as I shall die possessed of. All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate and effects, I give and bequeath to my said executors in trust for

Among the friends to whom he leaves books as tokens of his last remembrance, the omission of the names of Dr Adams, Dr Taylor, Dr Burney, Mr Hector, Mr Murphy, and Mr Boswell, is remarkable. His library, though by no means handsome in its appearance, was sold by Mr Christie for L.247, 9s.; many persons being desirous to have a book which had belonged to him. In many of the books he had written little notes.