Papers of Eva Maria Garrick and her executor, Reverend Thomas Rackett [manuscript], 1728-1860 (bulk 1790-1820).

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Papers of Eva Maria Garrick and her executor, Reverend Thomas Rackett [manuscript], 1728-1860 (bulk 1790-1820).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/461319735

Majority of papers are letters to and from Mrs. Garrick's friends and friends of her late husband. Other items include poems, small engravings, portraits, and other keepsakes; newspaper clippings; playbills; benefit tickets; advertisements. Correspondents include David Garrick (1 autograph letter signed), Hannah More (10 autograph letters and one poem), Kitty Clive, William IV, Lady Amherst, Jane Barrington, George Beltz, Dorothy Jordan, Elizabeth Montague, Frances Nichol, Catherine Payne, and Madame Rackett.

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