Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., London, n.d., probably November or December 1770], to David Garrick, 1770, November.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., London, n.d., probably November or December 1770], to David Garrick, 1770, November.

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Criticizing Purcell's music to Dryden's King Arthur, and suggesting that some of it be replaced by compositions of his own.

1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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