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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: f
Call No.: MS Eng 1310
Creator: Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.
Title: Letters to Richard Gifford,
Date(s): 1756-1772 and undated.
Quantity: 1 v. (.16 linear ft.)
Abstract: Letters to English author Richard Gifford from English author Frances Brooke.

Acquisition Information:

Historical Note

Brooke was an English author. Richard Gifford was also an English author.

Scope and Content

Includes twenty-four letters from Brooke to Gifford concerning financial affairs, their writings, their children, acquaintances, songs by Gifford, and the creation of the comic opera Rosina by Brooke. Also includes three letters from Gifford to Brooke. Includes eleven songs in French and English, and songs for the comic opera Rosina.

Container List

• Brooke, Frances (Moore) 1724-1789. 24 letters to Richard Gifford:
  • (1) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 2s.(6p.).
  • (2) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (3) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (4) A.L.s.; [n.p.] 29 Jul [n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (5) A.L.; Glanville Street, [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
    Contains song "J'a vois égaré mon fuseau..."
  • (6) A.L.s. (Geo. Waitin); [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (7) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (8) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (9) A.L.s.; Glanville Street, 21 May [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (10) A.L.s.; same, 21 July [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (11) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.]. 2s.(6p.).
  • (12) A.L.s.; Glanville Street, 15 Nov [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (13) A.L.s.; Old Bond Street [n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (14) A.L.s.; Bedford Street, 28 Jan [n.d.] 1s.(3p.).
  • (15) A.L.s.; London, April [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (16) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (17) A.L.s.; Petty France, 4 Dec [n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (18) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (19) A.L.s.; [n.p.] 22 Jun [n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (20) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.).
  • (21) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (22) A.L.s.; Chiswick [n.d.] 1s.(2p.).
  • (23) A.L.s.; Glanville Street, 6 Apr [n.d.] 1s.(4p.).
  • (24) A.L.s.; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(2p.).

• (25) Digby,Sarah (Moore) A.L.s. to Richard Gifford; Tinwell, 18 Jun 1772. 1s.(3p.).

• Gifford, Richard, 1725-1807. 3 A.L.s. to Frances (Moore) Brooke:

• (26) Buxton-Bath, 1 Jul 1756. 2s.(6p.).
  Reader notes this leter really is to Miss Read, not Fances Brooke. Read is Catharine Read.

• (27) Quorndon, 31 Jan 1757. 1s.(3p.).
  Contains song "From all that is dear to my heart..."

• (28) [n.p., n.d.] 3s.(6p.).

• (29) Brooke, Frances (Moore) 1724-1789. [Rosina; songs in French and English] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 4s.(12p.).
  Also in Richard Gifford's hand.

• (30) Brooke, Frances (Moore) 1724-1789. The shepherd's wedding. A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 12f.(23p.).
  Unpubl. play.

• (31) Brooke, Frances (Moore) 1724-1789. [11 unidentified songs] A.MS.(unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 11s.(14p.).
  Also in the hands of Richard Gifford and Sarah (Moore) Digby.