Autograph letter signed, dated : Southampton, 21 September 1824, to R[obert] W[illiam] Elliston, 1824 Sept. 21.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Southampton, 21 September 1824, to R[obert] W[illiam] Elliston, 1824 Sept. 21.

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Suggesting that, if Elliston produces [Weber's] Freischütz, he "give the whole of it, plot & Music, precisely as it is played in Germany," saying that that would be "a new feature, and probably an attractive one," adding that he has written to Mr. and Mrs. Bedford, who are now in Newcastle, etc.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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