Vertue's Manuscripts

Steevens and Malone, in fixing the dates of Shakspeare's Dramas, frequently quote from *Vertue's* MSS. George Chalmers, in his *Supplemental Apology*, says, "On making some inquiries, by a friend, what manuscript of *Vertue's* it were, which I saw so often quoted about scenic matters, Mr. Steevens was so obliging as to say, 'The books, from which those extracts were made, with several others lost, belonged to Secretary Pepys, and afterwards to Dr. Rawlinson, who lent them to Mr. Vertue.' When the said MSS. were consulted by the two commentators, they were, I believe, in the possession of Garri…