Autograph letter signed with initials : Exeter, Launceston, Truro, and Penzance, to William Augustus Conway, 1820 July 20-24.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Exeter, Launceston, Truro, and Penzance, to William Augustus Conway, 1820 July 20-24.

Telling him never "to hate the Profession in which [he] first engaged [her] Admiration" [acting]; quoting Samuel Johnson; commenting on her visit to Exeter Cathedral; quoting [Prosper Jolyot de] Crébillon; describing her journey through Cornwall; noting that the harvest in Cornwall is two months behind Somerset; giving details of her day in Truro; writing a poem ("Verses made on a Milestone in Cornwall," first line: "The Journey now begins to advance"); asking him questions about actors in London.

1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968567

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