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Title: David Garrick letter to Reverend John Home, 1774 May 24
Creator: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Date Created and/or Issued: 1774-05-24
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: Garrick writes a letter to Reverend John Home about stage promotions and recommends a Mr. Walker to him because "there may be some of Your acquaintance who will profit by his knowledge of the Every branch of the English tongue." Letter contains a watermark. Image four scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the left.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00536
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3021
Language: English
Subject: Actors
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
Home, John, 1722-1808
Letters
Promotions
Scholars
Signatures (Writing)
Theater
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, 8.63 x 6.63 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 6, folder 34; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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