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Autograph letter signed : Hampton [House, Chiswick], to John Taylor, [1773] June 21.

BIB_ID
102323
Accession number
MA 161.17
Creator
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Display Date
[1773] June 21.
Credit line
Acquired before 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm + envelope.
Notes
Enveloped addressed to "John Taylor Esqr. / Bath." Envelope is franked by Lyttelton and has a postmark.
Year is from the published version of the letter.
Removed from "Junius Controversy" in 1925.
Part of a collection of letters from and related to David Garrick; see MA 161 for more details.
Summary
Asking him to soften the terms in which he [Garrick] wrote to Dr. [Isaac] Schomberg; also giving him the option of sending the letter "as it is" if he thinks Schomberg "wants a rough purge to be cleans'd of his play-writing."