Warrant to issue letters patent from George III, King of Great Britain, to John, Earl of Westmorland, keeper of the Privy Seal [manuscript], 1812 June 11.

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Warrant to issue letters patent from George III, King of Great Britain, to John, Earl of Westmorland, keeper of the Privy Seal [manuscript], 1812 June 11.

To authorize the chancellor to issue a licence for 21 years to Samuel Whitbread, Peter Moore and Harvey Christian Combe, trustees of Drury Lane, to employ a company of comedians to act within a house to be built in Drury Lane.

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