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Autograph letter from David Garrick to Mr. West [manuscript], [1769] May 18.

Garrick, David, 1717-1779, sender.; West, James, 1703-1772, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter from David Garrick to Mr. West [manuscript], [1769] May 18.
Description
1 item.
Associated name
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, sender.
West, James, 1703-1772, addressee.
Summary
Mentions the epilogue he spoke the night before in which he hinted at the Stratford Jubilee. Gives relevant quotation. At foot, in another hand (West's?), a verse beginning: Immortal Shakespeare wrote as nature taught.

From Mr. West's hall in King St.
Note
Listed in the Folger card index of first lines.
Cited/described in
Little & Kahrl. Letters of David Garrick, 538
In
Autograph letters signed, initialled and unsigned from David Garrick to various people,
Genre/form
Poems.
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Prologues and epilogues
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
Y.c.2600 (122)
Folger accession
cs390

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