Autograph letter signed : [London], to C. W. Ward and the Select Committee, 1819 June 17.

Summarizing and documenting a conversation between Elliston and the Select Committee concerning the terms upon which he is leasing a theater (probably the Drury Lane Theatre, though it is not named in the letter): listing the rent agreed on for various periods of the lease; listing their mutual responsibilities regarding taxes, payment of the "Watchmen & Firemen attached to the Theatre" and the Duke of Bedford's ground rent; describing how the Select Committee may collect their percentage of the profits; agreeing to put up part of his property as security; discussing a plan for proposed alterations to the theater; adding in a postscript a detailed description of the property Elliston owns in London.