Autograph letters signed from Catherine (Garrick) Payne to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1787-1821.

27 items.

Chiefly concerned with family news. Letters sent from Ryde, [Isle of Wight], Warmwell, [Dorset], Carmarthen, Clifton, [near Bristol], Langharne, [Carmarthenshire], Southgate, [Middlesex], East Barnet, [Middlesex], Acton, [Middlesex], Petersham, [Sy?]; and Dieppe. In (52), July 21, 1794, she recalls Mrs. Victor's recontré with the King of Denmark at Hampton [in 1768]; in (53), October 10, 1794, she mentions the death of Ed Payne; in (54), October 1, 1795, the death of her brother, David; in (58), February 26, 1797, the marriage of her sister-in-law, Emma Garrick, to Evan Jones, and the recent French landing at Fishguard; in (10), November 18, 1800, the death of her son, Edward, a student at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; in (11), [February 10, 1808, stamp?], the death of sister E. (Brattiscombe) Garrick; in (12), December 8, 1816, the riots in Spa Fields, [London] and in Dieppe. (50) contains a post script of Emma Garrick; (11) a note of her husband's, J.G. Payne.

Great Britain -- England.
Great Britain -- Wales.
France -- Dieppe.

W.b.488 (50-58)

W.b.489 (1-18)