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Of the 442 letters represented in Correspondence, manuscript texts are known (as of 2002) to survive for 111. Of those, I have been able to study 99 originals and 5 more in photocopy.[41] The list below is arranged by volume and page (first column). The Forster MSS bear several different numerations; I use the one used by Eaves and Kimpel (second column). Manuscript lengths (third column) and amounts deleted ("dels," fourth column) are counted in lines; counts include headings, closings, and partial lines. Barbauld's marks on the manuscripts (fifth column) normally include writing a heading, as in Figure 1 above, so I seldom mention headings individually. The sixth column lists variants in the printed texts not indicated by Barbauld marks on the surviving manuscripts.

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Correspondence, Volume 1 Richardson-Hill Correspondence

Pages	MS Text	MS Length	ALB Dels on MS	ALB Changes on MS	Unmarked Variants
19-22	FC XIII.2, ff 16-17	86	16 (plus 23 by SR)	Adds 2 words to fill a gap	2 words added[42]
66-69	ff 46-47	60	8	Dels 8 words, changes 2 words, adds 2 words	4 words del, 1 name expanded
75-78	ff 50-51	64	12	Adds 3 words	2 words changed (1 corrects MS error)
83-86	Princeton University AM 14598	46	3.5	Dels, then restores opening	8 words del, 2 added, 6 changed
87-88	Morgan Library MA3269[43]	26	none	Adds signature	1 word changed
97-99[44]	FC XIII.2, ff 61-62	49	none	none	4 words del (mostly in closing), 1 added
Richardson to Samuel Lobb
189-192	Morgan Library MA1024(9)[45]	37	none	none	6 lines lacking; a place-name & closing differ from MS
Volume 2 Richardson-Young Correspondence (see also Appendix C)
32-33	Morgan Library MS 1026(6)	32	Seemingly all; copy was different MS?	none	11 lines lacking; 1 sentence & 1 word differ from MS
38-39	Berg, NYPL	25	ALB brackets 10 lines from this MS dated 27 April 1756; they are printed on 2:39 as part of the letter there dated 21 July 1757.	none
40	Beinecke Library Osborn 17575[46]	15	1	none	1 word differs

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48	Wellesley College	24	3 words	none	7 lines lacking; prtd as 1st paragraph of 30 April 1758 letter[47]
57	Beinecke Library Tinker 2365	20	none	Inserts cross and dagger at end of paragraph 1	Prtd text inserts 2 paragraphs where ALB's cross and dagger appear (source unknown)
Colley Cibber to Richardson
171-172	Berg, NYPL	25	none	none	none
172-174	Princeton Univ. MS Taylor	40	none	none	4 words differ from MS; 2 del[48]
Richardson to John and Susanna Highmore Duncombe
251-257	Brotherton Collection, Leeds	100	none	Adds heading	11 lines lacking; 7 words differ, 1 transposition[49]
300-307	BL MS Add. 20084	84	none	none	2 words changed, 2 added, 2 del; 1 transposition
308-311	Houghton Library fMS Eng. 759.4	47	Dels, then stets, 8; but printed text dels 4	Changes 3 words, adds 3; disguises a name	10 words del, 2 added, 2 changed; 2 names disguised
"Orthodoxus Anglicanus" to Richardson
327-333	Boston P L Ch.G 12.46-48	90	3 words	Adds a footnote	Adds heading; 3 words changed, 2 added (1 in fn)
Volume 3 Richardson-Thomas Edwards Correspondence[50]
1-3[51]	FC XII.1, ff 5-6	45	none	none	2 words added, 1 changed
5-10	ff 12-13	100	15	none	Footnote added; 1 name restored; 3 words del, 4 changed
11-18	ff 20-21	124	none	none	2 footnotes & 1 word added; 3 words del, 2 changed

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19-24	ff 25-26	112	20	none	none
24-26[52]	f 29	50	24	none	2 words added, 1 del, 1 changed
27-29	f 36	39	8	none	1 word changed
30-32	ff 37-38	51	8	none	none
33-35	ff 41-42	70	27	none	3 words added, 2 del, 1 changed
35-38	ff 43-44	69	none; an asterisk in rt margin of first paragraph is probably hers	none	22 lines lacking; 1 word differs
38-40	f 46	47	16.5	Moves closing, dels 2 words & signature	none
41-48	ff 47-49[53]	150	39 (but 2 were printed anyway)	none	1 line & 1 word del; 1 word added, 1 changed
48-50[54]	f 67	46	23	none	1 word added, 1 del, 2 changed
50-53	ff 68-69	53	10 (incl PS)	none	2 words del, 1 added; FC PS replaced by another text, source unknown
53-55	f 74	43	12	none	Footnote added; 3 lines del; 2 words changed
56-58	ff 76-77	85	33	none	9 lines del; 4 words changed
59-62	f 78	52	15	none	1 name restored, 2 words del
62-65	Beinecke Library Gen MSS 237	66	12	none	date changed, probably by error
66-68	FC XII.1, ff 84-85	50	13	none	Footnote & 1 word added, 2 words changed
68-70	f 86	31	9	none	8 words del, 1 transposition
70-73[55]	ff 88-89	77	25	none	2 words del, 2 transposed
73-74	f 90	52	29	none	a name restored; 2 words changed; 1 transposition
75-77	ff 91-92	49	none	none	footnote & 1 word added; 23 words del, 2 changed
78-80	ff 95-96	95	45.5	none	1 line del; footnote & 1 word added; 2 words changed
81-84	ff 104-105	55	8	none	4 words transposed
84-87	f 106	50	11	none	a name restored; 1 word added, 2 del

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88-92	ff 108-109	102	17	none	Footnote & 1 word added; 3 words del, 1 changed
93 (poem)	f 110[56]	18	none	none	author's name added
94-96	ff 112-113	54	21	none	none
96-98	ff 116-117[57]	47	29	none	3 words added, 1 changed
98-101	f 118	38	none	none	footnote added
101-103	ff 121-122	47	13	none	a name disguised; 2 words del
104-107	ff 123-124	76	21	none	a name disguised; 1 word added, 3 changed
107-112	ff 128-129	90	4	Dels "her," inserts "Miss Sutton's" to compensate for del	1 word del, 2 changed
112-115	ff 130-131	80	27	none	1 word added, 3 changed
115-119	ff 132-133	100	28	none	9 words del, 2 added, 2 changed, 2 transposed
120-123	ff 137-138[58]	50	4	none	none
123-125	ff 140-141	48	12	none	6 words del
128-129	ff 142-143	54	25	Only a 9-line paragraph is printed, as part of letter dated 28 July 1755; in that paragraph ALB dels 4 words and inserts "on account of my health"; an X marking the paragraph is presumably her instruction to a copyist. 20 lines not del by ALB are not printed.
126-130	Hyde Collection	71	13	ALB's X in margin corresponds to place where paragraph from FC XII.1, f 143 (above) is printed in this letter. Unmarked variants: 1 word added, 4 changed, 10 del (a PS).
130-132	FC XII.1, ff 162-163	101	17 (plus 17 by SR, & 16 ambiguous)	Inserts "am" in closing	none

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132-135	ff 160-161	51	12 (plus 5 by SR)	none	a citation del; 1 word changed
135	f 171[59]	16	9	Appears to have changed date	1 word del
135-137	ff 172-173	57	22[60]	Appears to have disguised 2 names	none
Richardson to Hester Mulso
234-238	National Library of Scotland MS 582:595	83	23	Restores 2 names, disguises 1; moves a phrase, shortens closing	1 word added, a name restored
Richardson-Wescomb (later Scudamore) Correspondence[61]
239-243	FC XIV.3, f 4[62]	76	22	Adds heading; 8 disguised or illegible names are del in black (by SR?) and not printed	4 words changed, 4 del
250-255	Huntington HM 6894	105	17	none; only a heading, "R to Miss Westcomb no date"	17 lines & 41 words lacking; 11 words differ[63]
256-261[64]	FC XIV.3, ff 45-46	106	42	Adds "I am sorry" to repair a cut	2 sentences rephrased; 12 words del, 4 added, 2 changed
261-270	ff 47-49[65]	134	33.5[66]	Moves salutation, dels 8 words	1 word changed
271-275	ff 50-52	145	63	Adds 4 words, changes 1, then dels them with their context; dels, then restores, 4 words; adds 2 words, changes 1	5 words added[67]
275-281	ff 53-54	77	12	Adds "Yours &c"	1 transposition, 1 word changed
281-285	ff 57-58	106	34	none	2 words added, 4 changed, 1 del
285-293	ff 59-60[68]	92	none	none	4 words changed
294-298	ff 61-62	82	35	Adds "&c" to close	4 words changed, 2 del, 1 added
298-305	ff 63-64	121	47	none	1 name restored

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306-310	ff 65-68[69]	147	71	Adds 2 words, changes 4	4 words added, 1 changed
320-321	ff 126-127	53	25	Adds "we"	1 word changed
322-323	FC XIV.2, f8	28	2 (a PS)	Adds footnote; restores names disguised by SR	6 words del, 2 added
324-327	ff 35-36	83	16.5	Adds 4 words, changes 4; corrects a spelling, adds a semicolon	6 words changed, 1 added, 3 del
328-329	f 7[70]	45	19	none	1 word added; 1 transposition
330-332	ff 25-26	73	38	Adds "My dear Sir"; changes 2 words, adds 3; reduces closing to "Yours &c."	none
Volume 4 Frances and Thomas Sheridan to Richardson
143-144	Princeton MS Taylor	26	none	Inserts asterisk and fn	a contraction expanded
159-164	Harvard pfMS Thr 5.7 (27)	92	6	Changes 1 word	2 words added, 1 del, 3 changed
165-167	Houghton Autograph File	61	17	Changes a spelling	1 transposition; 2 words del, 1 added, 1 changed
167-174	Harvard pfMS Thr 5.7 (23)	163	13	none	none
Richardson-Lady Bradshaigh Correspondence
185-194	FC XI, ff 153-156;[71] XV.2, f 27	278	111	Changes 5 words, adds 1; adds signature[72]	date & 10 words changed, 2 words added, 5 del
213-217	FC XI, f 2[73]	69	6	none	5 lines & 2 words del; a disguised name restored; 1 word changed; signature added
217-238[74]	ff 3-10, 12	611	303[75]	Adds 2 words, changes SR's "amiable girl" to "Clarissa"; adds wrong signature	10 words changed, 10 added; date del; signature corrected

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238-249	ff 13-14,[76] 11, 15-16	306	130	Adds 3 words & signature	11 words changed, 5 added; 1 name restored
250-257	ff 17-18	131	24	Inserts "dear" to create salutation, 12 words to create closing	1 word added, 2 del, 3 changed; 1 transposition; a MS error corrected
Volume 5 Richardson to Lady Echlin
24-28	FC XI, ff 126-127[77]	96	30	Reduces closing compliments to "&c"	1 word changed
33-38	Beinecke Gen MSS Misc 1335, F-1	71	none	none	16 lines & 12 words lacking; 21 words differ[78]
42-45	same	61	none	none	14 lines lacking; 1 sentence added
48-51	same	50	none	none	7 lines & 1 word lacking; 1 word added
58-62	Princeton MS Taylor	52	none	none	7 sentences lacking
63-67	Beinecke Gen MSS Misc 1335, F-2	64	none	none	12 lines lacking
80-82	Beinecke Gen MSS Misc 1335, F-1	42	none	none	14 lines lacking; 3 words differ
86-88	Folger Library Black Box R	65	none	none	25 lines lacking; 4 words differ, 2 names restored
Samuel Johnson to Richardson
281-282	Morgan Library MA 1009	18	none	none	1 word changed, closing shortened
283-284	Huntington HM 20821	51	22 (incl PS)	Inserts a fn	2 words changed

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Richardson-Lady Bradshaigh Correspondence

Pages	MS Text	MS Length	ALB Dels on MS	ALB Changes on MS	Unmarked Variants
Erasmus Reich to Richardson
297-298	FC XV.3, f 66	31	none	none	Correspondence text embodies entire rewrite of FC text
Volume 6 Richardson-Lady Bradshaigh Correspondence
40-48	FC XI, ff 19-20[79]	76 (of MS correspond- ing to printed text)	40	Dels date; changes 1 word	prints date; a name restored; 3 words changed; signature added
90-96[80]	ff 22-23	118	50	Restores a name; adds 2 words, changes 1	1 sentence del; a name expanded; 4 words changed, 3 added (1 corrects MS error)
265-267[81]	f 148	44	24	Restores 6 names disguised by SR	none
270-276	ff 149-150[82]	124	33	Restores 3 names, changes 3 words	10 words added, 2 del, 2 changed
276-279	ff 201-202	79	31	Adds 1 word to closing	1 name restored, 1 word changed
279-288	ff 205-208	205	48	none	3 names restored; 3 words added, 7 changed