Letter

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 EGR4/2/10/31
  • Dates of Creation
      27 Aug 1842
  • Physical Description
      1 item, in separate wrapper.

Scope and Content

From G[eorge] F[rederick] Mandley, honorary secretary of the Manchester Dramatic Reading Society, to George Harry Grey (1765-1845), 6th Earl of Stamford. He asks for Lord Stamford's patronage of an amateur play to be enacted at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the relief of the distressed poor in the district.

The wrapper is addressed to Lord Stamford and is annotated "Manchester Theatre | not | ans[wered]" in the hand of Lord Stamford.

Dated at: Well Meadow, Salford [co. Lancs].