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Letter: Henry Phillips to Nicholas Torré, 16 September [1846?]
[1846?]
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Letter headed: 11th Sept. / Ellesmere / Dear Torre / An accumulation of misfortunes mark the concerts of this week; your name unfortunately sent me into the very teeth of the Grisi Party ... This has empty'd Ellesmere, Oswestry and Wellington: so that if I were to go further my loss having strech'd much from town - is very great already and I had better not add to it. // ... I shall hasten to town this Ev. ... Liverpool on Saty. / ...' - The Grisi Party were on tour at Buxton, Macclesfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme and then Shrewsbury in 1846. - Nicholas Torré was a son-in-law of Robert Elliston; Phillips addresses him elsewhere as at: 'Music Hall / Leamington'