Autograph letter signed from George Henry Glasse, Hanwell Rectory, to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1803 June 29.

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Autograph letter signed from George Henry Glasse, Hanwell Rectory, to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1803 June 29.

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He is a friend of her dear Mrs. Kennicott, their beloved Hannah More, and of the late honored and revered Mr. Garrick. He presumes to ask whether he may disembark in her lower garden tomorrow and conduct a party to the Temple of Shakespeare. A verbal answer to his son is all that is required.

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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Kennicott, Ann, -1831

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