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Title: David Garrick letter to John Moody, 1774 September 8
Creator: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Date Created and/or Issued: 1774-09-08
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: In a letter to John Moody, Garrick describes a letter to a Mr. Swan and references the doings of theatre performers James William Dodd and Mary Bulkley in Dublin. Garrick also mentions his preparations for a Jubilee. He tells Moody: "If you see any thing delightful in yr. travels pray give me notice of it." In a postscript, Garrick informs Moody that he is "quite recover'd." While letter gives a date of "8th 1774," notes with letter give a tentative month of September. Letter contains a watermark. Image four scan has been rotated 180 degrees.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00538
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3031
Language: English
Subject: Actors
Actresses
Bulkley, Mary, 1748-1792
Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796
Festivals
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Letters
Signatures (Writing)
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, 7.5 x 4.5 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 6, folder 36; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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