Description
Concerning a request for Peter to visit David and go fishing with him.

Details

Title
  • Letter From David Garrick to Peter Garrick
Contributors
Agent
Date Created
1717 to 1779
Identifier
  • Identifier Type
    Locally defined identifier
    Identifier Value
    MSS_363_GAD_undated_1_1
  • Identifier Type
    Locally defined identifier
    Identifier Value
    MSS_363_GAD_undated_1_2
  • Identifier Type
    Locally defined identifier
    Identifier Value
    MSS_363_GAD_undated_1_3
  • Identifier Type
    Locally defined identifier
    Identifier Value
    MSS_363_GAD_undated_1_4
Note
  • Seller's Description: Attached Statement- Local Call Number MSS_363_GAD_undated_1_2. Statement contains a description of the manuscript, a transcription, and a handwritten note.
    Curator's note: The recipient, Peter, is David's brother. Lichfield (not Litchfield as it is spelled on the manuscript) was the name of the garrison in Staffordshire where Garrick lived growing up. Taped on handwritten note reads: "part of a letter of David Garrick to his Brother.------
    Postage Details: Lichfield is the name of the home where both Peter and David grew up. Remains of Sealing wax.
    Paper Details: Originally folded. Paper description glued on to original.
    Condition of Original: Fragile, foxing, cut off, tape added.
    Creation Date Details: Undated range is the author's lifespan.
    Provenance: Handwritten note on the Seller's Note reads: "From the Collection of Baroness Burdett Coutts.

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