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Title: David Garrick letter to John Moody, 1770 June 25
Creator: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Date Created and/or Issued: 1770-06-25
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 an amiable letter to Moody on the subject of a turtle given as a gift. In a postscript, Garrick states that he has found a theatre part for which Moody would be well suited. Garrick refers to the character of Major O' Flaherty in the play "The West Indian." Notes with letter suggest that the letter was written in 1770. Letter contains a watermark, wax seal, secondhand notations, and a postage mark. Image four scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00532
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3001
Language: English
Subject: Acting
Actors
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
Letters
Moody, John, 1727-1812
Plays
Postmarks
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Signatures (Writing)
Turtles
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, 8.81 x 7.31 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 6, folder 30; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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