Autograph letter signed from Hannah More to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1793 January 8.

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Autograph letter signed from Hannah More to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1793 January 8.

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Will let her into a secret: at the importunity of the bishop of London has written a twopenny thing to try to open the eyes of the common people on the nonsensical rage for liberty and equality, Village politics by Will Chip, a country carpenter. She ends "Poor Louis Capet!".

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