BIB_ID
106759
Accession number
MA 161.28
Creator
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806.
Display Date
undated.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. Garrick / Hampton Court."
Endorsed: "Duchess of Devonshire."
From Fulcher's Life of Gainsborough.
Part of a collection of letters from and related to David Garrick; see MA 161 for more details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Endorsed: "Duchess of Devonshire."
From Fulcher's Life of Gainsborough.
Part of a collection of letters from and related to David Garrick; see MA 161 for more details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Summary
Noting that she felt "quite asham'd with troubling" her [to borrow money?], and explaining that the people to whom she would usually apply were out of town; remarking that she feels "as much obliged ... as if [Mrs. Garrick] could have assisted [her]"; asking if she recollects a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots; saying that she longs to see her again.
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