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364 NOTES AND QUERIES. [10 S. XI. 8, 1909 copies. These are valuable as revealing something of Lea's personality, and as throwing light upon the condition of the school which declined to receive Samuel Johnson, and upon the difficulties against which the new head master had to contend. The earlier letter is dated from Newport, 23 Nov., 1730, and is addressed to Jerome Knapp, Esq., at Haberdashers' Hall, London:—

The other letter, dated from Newport, 9 Jan., 1747/8, is addressed to Mr. Baker, at Haberdashers' Hall, London:–