Rackett, Marie. Autograph letter signed from Madame Rackett to Mrs. Garrick

Folger bibliographic ID: 221226
Folger call number: L.g.196
Folger holdings ID: 260446
Accession Number: MS Add 969

She, Mr. and Mrs. T. Racket, Dorothea, and a gentleman toured Glastonbury, Wells, Wokey Hole, Cheddar Cliffs, the paper mills, the silk mills, Sherborne Castle, and Lord Digby's Park. Attended the sale of the late Lord Bute's at High Cliff, where the famous organ sold to Lady Shaftesbury. Describes in great detail a gala in Cheddar, where they surprised Miss Mores. Mentions Mr. Hatchett and the Stadt-Holder. Asks her assistance in completing a set of Buffon's Birds (they already have plates nos. 433-720)

General notes

Bifolium See Mrs. Garrick's response, L.g.101

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Madame Rackett to Mrs. Garrick 1795 August 20

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822 Hatchett, Charles, 1765?-1847 More, Hannah, 1745-1833 More, Martha, 1747-1819 Rackett, Dorothy, -1835 Rackett, Thomas, 1756-1840 Shaftesbury, Barbara Cooper, Countess of, 1761 or 1762-1819 Digby, Lord, active 1795 Rackett, Marie, -1800

correspondent: Rackett, Marie, -1800
subject: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
subject: Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
subject: Hatchett, Charles, 1765?-1847
subject: More, Hannah, 1745-1833
subject: More, Martha, 1747-1819
subject: Rackett, Dorothy, -1835
subject: Rackett, Thomas, 1756-1840
subject: Shaftesbury, Barbara Cooper, Countess of, 1761 or 1762-1819
subject: Digby, Lord, active 1795
subject: Rackett, Marie, -1800
correspondent: Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822