Letter : London, to an unidentified recipient at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1805 Mar 9.

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Letter : London, to an unidentified recipient at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1805 Mar 9.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702148324

ALS in secretarial hand requesting that recipient act as the "advocate" of the Fund and urge the child prodigy actor Master [William Henry West] Betty to act in a benefit performance in support of the Fund. A postscript states that Mr. [Richard B.] Sheridan will certainly support the effort. The letter is signed by the "Master Trustees and Committee" for the Fund, including Thomas Caulfield, Charles Dignum, Thomas King, Francis Waldron, and others.

1 item (1 page) ; 34 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018515

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Waldron, F. G. 1744-1818.

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