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Description

1. 3 items

Summary

1. · Manuscript documents : 1761-1772 : (MISC 1304) : three documents on vellum, from Courts-Baron, relating to the conversion of Hendon Manor from copyhold to freehold, from the time Garrick purchased it. Documents numbered 7-9, inclusive. · No. 7 : 23 Dec 1761 : single sheet, 3 official blue pressed stamps on recto ; folded and endorsed on verso: "...admission of Wm. Lowin ... and his surrender to Richard Freelove ..." · No. 8 : 2 Apr 1772 : single sheet, 7 official blue pressed stamps on recto, 6 of these backed with official printed stamps "GR" [George Rex] ; folded and endorsed on verso: "...copy of Recovery / Richard Freelove Esqr." · No. 9 : 25 Aug 1772 : four single sheets, fastened by the seals of Garrick and Freelove, whose signatures appear next to the seals ; receipt, signed by Garrick and witnessed by Thos. Wyld and Thos. Price.

Subject

1. Garrick, David, 1717-1779
2. Hendon (London, England)

Call number

1. Pforz BND-MSS (Garrick, D.)

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at Hendon (cf. Barton, M. Garrick, p. 284n).

Author

1. Garrick, David, 1717-1779.

Title

1. David Garrick manuscript material.

Production

1. 1761-1772

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at Hendon (cf. Barton, M. Garrick, p. 284n).