Autograph letter signed from Madame Rackett to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1795 August 20.

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Autograph letter signed from Madame Rackett to Mrs. Garrick [manuscript], 1795 August 20.

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She, Mr. and Mrs. T. Racket, Dorothea, and a gentleman toured Glastonbury, Wells, Wokey Hole, Cheddar Cliffs, the paper mills, the silk mills, Sherborne Castle, and Lord Digby's Park. Attended the sale of the late Lord Bute's at High Cliff, where the famous organ sold to Lady Shaftesbury. Describes in great detail a gala in Cheddar, where they surprised Miss Mores. Mentions Mr. Hatchett and the Stadt-Holder. Asks her assistance in completing a set of Buffon's Birds (they already have plates nos. 433-720)

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