BIB_ID
137144
Accession number
MA 9688.6
Creator
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.
Display Date
1822 November 5.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Docketed "Chelt'm 5 Nov 1822 / Mrs. Siddons / authorizing Mr. Twiss to receive the Shakespeare gloves."
Rev. Thomas Rackett and G.W. Beltz were the executors of Mrs. Garrick's estate. Mrs. Garrick bequeathed Shakespeare's gloves to Mrs. Siddons.
Removed from manuscripts of Thomas Campbell. Life of Mrs. Siddons (MA 66).
Rev. Thomas Rackett and G.W. Beltz were the executors of Mrs. Garrick's estate. Mrs. Garrick bequeathed Shakespeare's gloves to Mrs. Siddons.
Removed from manuscripts of Thomas Campbell. Life of Mrs. Siddons (MA 66).
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of their letter and informing them that as she is too ill to travel to London; authorizing her nephew, Mr. Twiss, to come in her place; saying "It is my wish that he should receive for me the kind bequest of dear Mrs. Garrick."
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