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every year at his
birth place, Lichfield?
The actual birthday is Sept. 18th, but as that is a
Sunday this year the obvious date for the function
is Saturday, Sept. 17th.

Your duties will consist mainly of:

a. Being formally elected President for the year of
the Lichfield Johnson Society at a meeting in the
Guildhall at 3 p.m. & (after some very short
business of the Society) delivering a Presidential Address,
of say 40 to about 60 minutes to the not very
large but very appreciataive audience which such a
neighbourhood affords.

b. Partaking in the evening of a public supper, attended
by an audience which is not very high-brow but very
agreeable, & proposing the toast of the Immortal Memory
of S.J. in a shorter speech.

c. Spending as long a weekend as you can spare
us, together we hope with Mrs Buchan & your daughter,
at our house, (reference as to house, host & hostess:
Your daughter; - see also Boswell as to "the lower

house