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The Players' Petition, which was first made public by Mr. Collier in his
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Annals of the Stage, (Vol. i. p. 298,) and which has been pronounced a forgery. Of this he says, in his
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Reply to Mr. Hamilton, (p. 59,)
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Mr. Lemon, Senior, _undoubtedly did_ bring the 'Players' Petition' under my notice, and very much obliged I was, etc. Now Mr. Collier, in the
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Annals of the Stage, after extended remarks upon the importance of the document, merely says,
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This remarkable paper has, perhaps, never seen the light from the moment it was presented, until it was recently discovered. No direct assertion here that Mr. Collier discovered it, but a leading of the reader to infer that he did; and not a word about Mr. Lemon's agency, until, upon the suggestion of that gentleman's son, it is serviceable to Mr. Collier to remember it. By reference to Mr. Grant White's
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Shakespeare,