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Thomas Grignon letter to John Thomas Smith
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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This letter is perhaps written to publisher Thomas Cadell (it is just addressed to "Dear Sir"). In this letter, Brooke is talking about the printing of songs for one of her musicals that is going to be performed at Covent Garden. The year of the letter is not present but it may be 1782.
mssHM 79864
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2p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: Smith Elizabeth. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. 1841, Apr. 10 (1p).
CN 149
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Register of licenses issued by John Larpent from Jan. 1801 to Jan 15, 1824. The entries include the names and brief descriptions of the plays for which licenses were granted, with the name of the theatre where it was to be performed, together with the entry for the license fee. In addition to the London theatres -- the Haymarket, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, the Adelphi and the Olympic -- there are entries for provincial theaters such as Norwich, Birmingham, Margate, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Hull, and Glasgow, sometimes with the name of the manager. A few plays are crossed out as "refused." There is an entry for "An address to be spoken on Master Betty's 1st appearance in London, Theatre Royal Covent Garden Dec. 1st 1804."
mssHM 19926
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A sharply worded letter in which Thomas Greenough rebukes his his son John, ( who had been caught selling two chests of English tea) for causing "an alienation of affection between brethren" and lecturing him on the nature of civil government.
mssHM 70282
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An autograph, signed draft letter from Thomas Adams to Granville Sharp; the letter is a retained copy, heavily corrected and annotated. An extensive letter which covers multiple topics including the militia, legal matters, political business, estate business (Adams lists the many trees he has planted on his Eshott Hall estate), and the African Prince John Henry Granville Naimbanna, who died in 1793.
mssHM 83693
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Autograph letter signed, with addressed cover; endorsed by Jefferson. Letter is written on a printed letter from Smith to the Secretary of War regarding patent rights. (2 pages)
HM 9008