Autograph letter signed : [London], to Peter Garrick, [1766?] Aug. 18.

Record ID: 
102319
Accession number: 
MA 161.4
Author: 
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Credit: 
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.

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."