[7]. The quotations from the Voyage to Lisbon are from the edition recently prepared by Mr Austin Dobson, for the 'World's Classics.' [Back]
[8]. This letter is now in the British Museum. The endorsement on the back is: "Dec. 6, 1753 from Mr Fielding recommending Mr. Saunders Welch to be in the Com. of ye Peace for Westmr and Middx." [Back]
Footnotes for Chapter 17
[1]. The Public Advertiser, 1754, February 26. [Back]
[2]. The Public Advertiser 1754, April 17. [Back]
[3]. Middlesex Records. Sessions Book. 1754. [Back]
[4]. See the Middlesex Records. [Back]
[5]. See the Public Advertiser. February, 1754. [Back]
[6]. This little house was apparently replaced by a larger house; and it is probably this second building of which a sketch is inserted in a copy of Lysons' Environs to be seen in the Guildhall Library. It is now pulled down. [Back]
[7]. Dr Johnson spoke of Saunders Welch as "one of my best and dearest friends." [Back]