Purchased with the Ellesmere collection from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. The collection was purchased by John Payne Collier. In 1853, he sold it to Francis Egerton, Viscount Brackley and 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857).

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Address to Be Spoken at Covent Garden Theatre. (Through many a scene of variegated Life.)
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The Earl of Essex, Epilogue to. (Tho' Rutlands pangs are o'er, shall I presume.)
Manuscripts
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A School for Ladies, Occasional Prologue for. W-H-
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No application. Spoken H2, Apr. 8, 1780 (?). MS: states, Written by Mr. W. H. Spoken by Mr. Burton, for his Benefit, April 8, 1780.
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Occasional Address to Be Spoken for the Benefit of the Widow and Orphan Children of the Late Mr. Follet
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No application. Spoken C.G., June 1, 1799. MS: dated 1799.
LA 1261
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An Occasional Prologue on Opening the Theatre Royal Haymarket
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No application. Spoken H2, May 30, 1781. MS.
LA 560
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Joanna of Montfaucon, Prologue to
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No application. Spoken C.G., Jan. 16, 1800 (?). MS.
LA 1276

Occasional Prologue, on the First Appearance of a Young Gentleman, at Covent Garden Theatre, in the Character of Alexander

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Address to Be Spoken at Covent Garden Theatre. (Through many a scene of variegated Life.)

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