BIB_ID
102319
Accession number
MA 161.4
Creator
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Display Date
[1766?] Aug. 18.
Credit line
Acquired before 1922.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Peter Garrick was David Garrick's brother.
Written from Hampton House in Chiswick.
Probable year is from the printed version of the letter.
Removed from an extra-illustrated version of Boswell's Life of Johnson in 1922.
Part of a collection of letters from and related to David Garrick; see MA 161 for more details.
Written from Hampton House in Chiswick.
Probable year is from the printed version of the letter.
Removed from an extra-illustrated version of Boswell's Life of Johnson in 1922.
Part of a collection of letters from and related to David Garrick; see MA 161 for more details.
Summary
Discussing the critiques of Lord Chatham [William Pitt, Earl of Chatham] in the papers; mentioning a visit from Mr. [Henry] Wilmot; noting that many people have come to see them, including the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough [George and Caroline Spencer] and Lord Charles Spencer and Lady [Mary] Spencer; complaining of a cramp in his finger that may be gout; sending him a poem, "Wilmot & Garrick upon Lord Camden's taking the great Seal."
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