Notes and newspaper cuttings on David Garrick [manuscript], 1752-1758.

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Notes and newspaper cuttings on David Garrick [manuscript], 1752-1758.

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142a. Page from "The London Daily Advertiser," 15 November 1752 including his cancelling his subscription. --142b. MS note of Garrick entry form Woliston (?) ii, 303 of Garrick selling his share in June 1776 for 35,000.--142c. Cutting, n.d., of an anecdote about Foote counting money before Garrick's [bust]. --142d. Cutting, n.d., of Garrick exhibiting vocal and facial emotions to Madame Clairon, in Paris. --142e. Cutting, dated 25 October 1758, of Garrick's playing Lear while ill. --142f. Fragment of "Miscellaneous Communications," n.d., telling of Garrick's relationship with Stone.

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