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James Boswell

1740–1795 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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[Card catalog].

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection · 1974 · University of North Carolina, Library Photographic Service

Two reels of microfilm reproducing the card catalog of the Rare Book Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, filmed in 1974 by the university's library photographic service. The reel box labels give the contents, including the collection's Samuel Johnson and James Boswell material.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Boswell, James, 1740-1795.

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