Authorization issued by William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, to the Comédie Franc̜aise, 1832 April 24 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
105963
Accession number: 
MA 22703
Author: 
Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858.
Description: 
1 item (1 page) ; 22.9 x 18.4 cm
Notes: 

No place of writing is given, but the document was presumably drawn up in London.
From the Ford Collection.

Summary: 

Being a document in which William Cavendish, in his role as Lord Chamberlain, authorizes the Comédie Franc̜aise to perform "L'Art de Payer ses Dettes" at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.