Autograph letters signed from Friedrich Melchior Grimm to [Charles] Burney and David Garrick [manuscript], [1771].

Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Freiherr von, 1723-1807

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Journalist and critic. Naturalized French citizen. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Heinrich August Ottocar Reichard, 1787 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503124 German journalist and critic. From the description of Collection of autograph letters signed : Frankfurt, Gotha and Hamburg, to the Marquis de Castries, 1792 Dec. 26-1798 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497876 German author. From the de...

Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...