Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Bath, to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1793 February 2.

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Autograph letter signed from Hannah More, Bath, to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1793 February 2.

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Overflows with revulsions against the guillotining of Louis XVI. Recommends the bishop of Llandaff's [i.e. Richard Watson's] sermon on the popular subject of equality. Has seen Mr. Bowdler [Thomas Bowdler, 1754-1825?].

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