Autograph letter signed from David Garrick, the Adelphi, to Mrs. Thrale [manuscript], [1777?] February 12.

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Autograph letter signed from David Garrick, the Adelphi, to Mrs. Thrale [manuscript], [1777?] February 12.

A very particular affair has confined him for near a fortnight. [Possibly this is a reference to his preparations for his Command performance of Lethe]

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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