Autograph letter signed from Hannah More to Mrs. Garrick, Adelphi Terrace [manuscript], 1806 February 10.

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Autograph letter signed from Hannah More to Mrs. Garrick, Adelphi Terrace [manuscript], 1806 February 10.

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In bad health. Death of Pitt has almost broken their hearts. Skeptical of Sheridan's becoming Treasurer of the Navy after notoriously plundering the Theatre Treasury. She is like poor old Tiles, who wrote letters from the newspapers. Mentions Bonaparte.

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