| Description | Letter written from the Old Shakespeare Tavern, dated 18 November and addressed 'Sir'. Sheridan asks the recipient to vote in favour of Mr [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan [1751-1816, playwright and politician] and Sir Sam[ue]l Hood [1762-1814, naval officer], whose majority is threatened by Mr Paull and his supporters. With an engraving of Lady Maria Josepha Stanley and a brief biographical note about her. |