 Suddenly, Chesterfield wrote two "puff" pieces to promote the "Dictionary", which prompted Johnson to write a letter accusing Chesterfield of only providing help when it was least needed.Some claim that the letter caused a minor furore in the contemporary literary world when Johnson made it public and it has been the subject of critical comment ever since; it has been described as literature's "declaration of independence".However, Chesterfield's reaction to the letter was quite different, and he praised Johnson's intellect and ability to write after reading it for the first time.