Accounts of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre; containing the items of receipt and expenditure, the titles of the pieces performed on each night, the names and salaries of the actors, etc. Sept. 1724-June, 1727. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
Accounts of Covent Garden Theatre, containing receipts and pa)-merits, with titles of pieces performed, lists of the company during various seasons, etc., between 1735 and 1767. Six volumes. Paper. Folio.
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London Theatres: Accounts and diaries of Covent Garden Theatre,: 1735-1833.
LEDGER of Covent Garden Theatre, containing accounts similar to those in the preceding volumes; 1767-1822. Forty-seven volumes. Paper. Folio. See above, Add. MSS. 29,631- 29,642. The extreme dates of the entries, including additions, in the several volumes are as follows:-
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London Theatres: Accounts and diaries of Covent Garden Theatre,: 1735-1833.
REGISTER of Pieces performed nightly at Drury Lane, the Opera House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and the Queen's [Haymarket] theatres, from Oct. 1710 to July, 1729; including, in some instances, the distribution of parts, and, in the case of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, the amount of receipts. At the beginning of some seasons is given a list of the companies at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields. Two volumes. Paper; xviiith cent. Quarto.
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Drama: Register of performances, at London theatres: 1710-1729.
OFFICIAL correspondence and papers of Admiral Nicholas Haddock, chiefly during his command of a squadron, in 1738-1741, sent to the Mediterranean to overawe Spain; 1719-1742. Two volumes. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 237, 298. Folio.
OFFICIAL and private correspondence; 1560-1726. Eight volumes. Paper. Folio. The bulk of the letters belong to the time of the Commonwealth, during which Sir E. Nicholas was living on the continent; and they contain minute information of the movements and intrigues of the Royalist party. Many drafts and copies of letters of Nicholas are interspersed. Among the writers are:-
MISCELLANEOUS historical papers of Sir Edward Nicholas and of his son and grandson, largely consisting of drafts and copies of warrants and other official documents; 1588-1722. Three volumes. Paper. Folio.
LETTERS to J. Hanson, with other papers, relating chiefly to the management of Lord Byron's estate at Newstead, co. Notts, including numerous letters from Owen Mealey, steward at Newstead, and [Henry Edward Gould Yelverton, 19th Baron] Grey de Ruthyn, tenant of the Abbey; 1796-1816. A few of the letters refer to Lord Byron's property at Rochdale, co. Lanc. Names of writers will appear in the Index. Two volumes. In vol. i., f. 1, is a letter from William Atkinson to George Lowdon, on the cond...
LETTER-BOOKS of despatches of Sir William Hamilton to successive Secretaries of State at home; 1764-1781. Four Volumes. Paper; ff. 430, 323, 301, 294. Small Folio and Small Quarto.