Correspondence
MS. Eng. d. 3850
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. d. 3850
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. ii-xii) an index of contents
letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, from:
(fols. 1-11, 13-22, 24-55) Catherine Clive, Dec. 1769-Nov. 1785
(fols. 58, 61-8, 70-5, 78-105, 106-31, 132-200) Miss H. Hay, June 1769, Nov. 1773-Sept. [1784], mainly n.d.
(fols. 69-70) Miss Hay to unidentified [probably George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt], n.d.
(fols. 200-2) [G?] Hay, Sept. 1794
letters to Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt from:
(fols. 8-9, 12-13) Catherine Clive, May-July 1772
(fols. 59-60, 76-7) Miss H. Hay, July 1769, July 1775
and
(fol. 23) copy of a letter from Catherine Clive, published in a newspaper, denying that she will return to acting following her retirement, Nov. [1773?]
(fols. 56-7) verse 'On a Lady's Desiring to Come to a Rehearsal of the School for Rakes' by Catherine Clive, n.d.
Date
1769-85, 1794, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
209 Leaves
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of the Earls Harcourt
Correspondence and papers of George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, and his wife Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt
Correspondence
