Autograph Letter Signed from William Smith to [David Garrick]


Book Description

Offers his services for the Jubilee, even though they may now seem to come with an ill grace. Accompanied by early 19th century sketch of Smith's life, which concludes: "I have seen Smith in Charles Surface, in The school of scandal, and I thought him faultless, but not excellent. He quitted the stage in 1788."




Autograph Letters Signed from William Warburton, Gloucester, Newark Upon Trent, London and Prior Park, to Various People


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Nine autograph letters signed and one item on the Warburton family. Includes Warburton pedigree, compiled ca. 1825. In a letter to Hurd, September 24, 1755, (4), Warburton refers to the failure of John Knapton, the bookseller. In another, September 23, 1769, (5), he comments on the Jubilee and Garrick's portentous ode with its one line of truth, calling Shakespeare "the God of our Idolatry." Correspondents and item numbers: Thomas Cadell (1), Philip Doddridge (2-3), Richard Hurd (4-5), William Mason (6), C. Nevile (7), his uncle Ralph Allen (8), and another (9).