Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to Dr. Hawkesworth at Bromley, Kent [manuscript], [1757?].

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Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to Dr. Hawkesworth at Bromley, Kent [manuscript], [1757?].

Accompanied Hawkesworth's remarks on Douglas.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254035

Folger Shakespeare Library

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