Excerpt from Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Disputes: Subsisting Between the Patentees of Covent-Garden Theatre On the 31f't of laft March, therefore, the parties entered into articles, for proceeding in the treaty begun by Harris and Rutherford, who were thence empowered to purchafe, on the joint account of all four, the faid patents and properties of the theatre, at a form not exceeding furry thoufand pounds which fum was to be advanced 1n equal proportions by each party who were accordingly to become jointly pofielfed of, and interef'ted in, the patents and properties fo purchafed, and to be jointly and equally concerned 1n the management of the theatre. By the fame articles alfo they feverally engaged to execute proper deeds and infira ments for that purpofe when thepurchafe lhpuld be compleated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.