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Title: Catherine Clive letter to Mrs. Racket, 1779 July 18
Creator: Clive, Mrs. (Catherine), 1711-1785
Date Created and/or Issued: 1779-07-18
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: Catherine Clive writes to a Mrs. Racket about the "strange treatment" she received from Mrs. Eva Maria Garrick after the death of her husband David Garrick. Clive asks Mrs. Racket to inquire as to why Mrs. Garrick has not called upon her for the past six months. Letter contains evidence of a wax seal and a stamp. Portion of letter has been cut out. Image four scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the left.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00542
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3049
Language: English
Subject: Clive, Mrs. (Catherine), 1711-1785
Death
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
Grief
Letters
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Signatures (Writing)
Source: Handwritten letter, 9 x 7.38 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 6, folder 40; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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