MS Thr 357 Wharton, Betty, collector. Betty Wharton collection of theatrical
autographs: Guide.
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Repository: Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library,
Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Thr 357
Creator: Wharton, Betty, collector.
Title: Betty Wharton collection of theatrical autographs,
Date(s): 1707-1869.
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Theatrical autographs collected by American actress Betty Wharton.
*80M-447. Gift of Kathleen Fisher Greenacre
and Martyn Greenacre, 14 Fore Street,
Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL7 5AH England; received: 1981 April 13.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Betty Wharton Collection of Theatrical Autographs (MS Thr 357). Harvard Theatre
Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Wharton (1911-1980) was an American actress and the wife of American lawyer and
writer John F. Wharton.
Arranged alphabetically.
Includes theatrical letters, particularly from the eighteenth and nineteenth century
English stage, collected by Wharton. Correspondence includes letters of Colley
Cibber, Robert William Elliston, John Fawcett, David Garrick, Dorothy Jordan,
Adelaide Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble, John Philip Kemble, and Charles
Mathews, among others. Also includes manuscript and printed documents and signed
printed tickets.
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(1) Bannister, John, 1760-1836. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 28
Sep 1802. 1s.(1p.)
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(2) Bannister, John, 1760-1836. A.L.s. to Tate
Wilkinson; London, 13 Dec 1797.
1s.(3p.)
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(3) Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777. MS.D.s.; [n.p.] 5 Dec
1769. 1s.(1p.)
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(4) Becher, Elizabeth (O'Neill) lady, 1791-1872. A.L.s. to [Dr. ]
Wadham; London, 27 Aug 1866.
1s.(1p.)
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(5) Becher, Elizabeth (O'Neill) lady, 1791-1872. A.L.s. to
Charles Mathews; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(6) Bennett, George John, 1800-1879. A.L.s. to
Charles Mathews; London, 23 Jun [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
In verse.
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(7) Booth, Barton, 1681-1733. Printed D.s.; [n.p.] 25 Jun
1707. 1s.(1p.)
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(8) Bunn, Alfred, 1797?-1860. A.L.s. to Benjamin
Webster; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(9) Chippendale, William Henry, 1801-1888. A.L.s. to
Edward Crook; Waterford, 11 Sep 1823.
1s.(1p.)
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(10) Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 30 May
1753. 1s.(1p.)
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(13) Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812. A.L.s. to
F.E. Jones; Waterford, 26 Oct 1797.
1s.(1p.)
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(14) Cooke, Thomas Porter, 1786-1864. A.L.s. to [ ]
Fairbrother; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(15) Cooke, Thomas Porter, 1786-1864. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.]
5 May 1835. 1s.(2p.)
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(16) Davison, Maria Rebecca (Duncan), 1783-1858. A.L.s. to
Mr. Bellamy; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(17) Davison, Maria Rebecca (Duncan), 1783-1858. A.L.s. to
Mr. Wilson; Edinburgh, 3 Jul 1805.
1s.(4p.)
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(18) Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, countess of,
1759?-1829. A.L.
(signature removed) to George [ ]; [n.p.] 6 Nov 1810. 1s.(4p.)
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(19) Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, countess of,
1759?-1829. A.L.s. to
John Wilkinson; [n.p.] 15 Mar 1788. 1s.(4p.)
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(20) Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841. A.L.s. to William
Palmer; [n.p.] 29 Jan [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(22) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. A.L.s. to [ ]
Poole; London, 7 Aug 1818.
1s.(4p.)
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(23) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. A.L.s. to [ ];
London, 11 Jan 1831.
1s.(1p.)
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(24) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. A.L.s. to
John Howard Payne; London, 25 May 1827.
1s.(2p.)
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(25) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. MS.L.s. to
B.P. Bellamy; Surrey theatre, 10 May 1831.
1s.(4p.)
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(26) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. A.L.s. to
Anne (Jackson) Mathews; London, 12 Mar 1823.
1s.(4p.)
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(27) Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831. Printed ticket,
signed; Drury Lane, 3 Jul 1820. 1s.(1p.)
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(28) Essex, Catherine (Stephens), Coningsby, countess of, 1795-1882.
A.L.s. to [Miss ] Foote; Oxford, 13 Jun 1820.
1s.(1p.)
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(29) Essex, Catherine (Stephens), Coningsby, countess of, 1795-1882.
A.L.s. to [ ] Children; London, 9 Jun
1819. 1s.(1p.)
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(30) Farren, William, 1786-1861. A.L.s. to Ben [ ]; [n.p.,
n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(32) Fawcett, John, 1768-1837. A.L.s. to James
Winston; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(34) Fawcett, John, 1768-1837. A.L.s. to Charles
Mathews; London, 20 Dec 1823.
1s.(1p.)
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(35) Fawcett, John, 1768-1837. A.L.s. to Thomas
Hill; London, 13 Aug 1800.
1s.(2p.)
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(36) Fawcett, John, 1768-1837. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ] Blanchard;
[n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(38) Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867. A.L.s. to [ ];
Harrington House, 29 Nov 1830. 2s.(4p.)
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(39) Foote, Samuel, 1761-1840. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(40) Garrick, David, 1717-1779. A.L.s. to [Mr. ]
Vernon; Hampton, 11 Sep 1774.
1s.(4p.)
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(41) Garrick, David, 1717-1779. A.L.s. to E[ ] Tighe;
Adelphi, [London], 24 Feb 1776. 1s.(4p.)
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(43-44) Garrick, Eva Marie (Violetti), 1724-1822. 2 A.L.s. to
[Mrs. ] Handerson:
London, 16 Apr 1816.
1s.(2p.)
Hampton, 26 Nov 1815.
1s.(1p.)
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(46) Glover, Julia (Betterton), 1779-1850. A.L.s. to
James Winston; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(47) Harley, John Pritt, 1786-1858. A.L.s. to [ ]
Wilkinson; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
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(48) Harley, John Pritt, 1786-1858. Printed ticket, signed;
Drury Lane, 12 Oct 1819.
1s.(1p.)
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(49) Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808. A.L.s. to [ ]
Webster; London, 10 Apr 1776.
1s.(1p.)
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(50) Jordan, Dorothy, 1762-1816. A.L.s. to [ ];
Bath, [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(51) Jordan, Dorothy, 1762-1816. A.L.s. to [ ];
St. James, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(52) Jordan, Dorothy, 1762-1816. A.L.s. to [ ];
Bushey, [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(53) Jordan, Dorothy, 1762-1816. Printed ticket, signed;
Drury Lane, 1806. 1s.(1p.)
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(54) Jordan, Dorothy, 1762-1816, recipient. A.L.s. from an
unidentified person; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(55) Kean, Edmund, 1789-1833. A.L.s. to [ ]
Corkindale; [n.p.] 30 Sep 1829. 1s.(1p.)
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(56) Kean, Edmund, 1789-1833. A.L.s. to Jack [ ]; Liverpool, 17 Sep [1817?] 1s.(2p.)
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(57) Kean, Edmund, 1789-1833. A.L.s. to [ ] Jones; London, 3 Feb [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
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(59) Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879. Lamento. A.MS.s.; [n.p.,
n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
Poem.
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(60) Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879. A.L.s. to [Mrs.
] Storrer; London, 8 Jul [n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
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(61) Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879. A.L.s. to [ ]
Edwards; [n.p.] 26 Dec 1845. 1s.(2p.)
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(62) Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879. A.L.s. to Saba
(Smith) Lady Holland; [n.p.] 26 Jul 1827. 1s.(2p.)
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(63) Kemble, Adelaide, 1814?-1879. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ] Frere;
London, 26 Dec 1825.
1s.(4p.)
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(65) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. A.L.s. to
[Miss ] Jones; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(69) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. A.L.s. to
Joseph Curtis; Bath, 2 Dec 1851. 1s.(4p.)
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(70) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. A.L.s. to
Cecilia Siddons; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(71) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. A.L.s. to
[Mrs. ] Calcott; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
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(71a) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. A.L.s. to [ ]; 18
Orchard St., 7 May [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(72) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. Printed ticket for
Shakespearean readings by Mrs. Kemble, (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(73-74) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. 2 A.L.s. to
John Wilkinson:
London, 15 May 1788.
1s.(2p.)
London, 17 Jun 1812.
1s.(2p.)
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(75) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. A.L.s. (facsimile) to
Gentlemen; London, 1 Jun 1817.
1s.(1p.)
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(76) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. A.L.s. to
Henry Harris; Cork, 4 Sep 1813.
1s.(2p.)
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(77) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. A.L.s. to
Joseph Cooper Walker; Dublin, 2 Jul 1800.
1s.(3p.)
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(78) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. A.L.s. to [ ] Taylor;
[n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(79) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823. [Salary receipt] MS.D.
signed; London, 30 Oct 1816.
1s.(2p.)
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(82) Kemble, Mrs. Marie Therese (DeCamp), 1774-1838. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ]
Mathews; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(83) Kemble, Mrs. Marie Therese (DeCamp), 1774-1838. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(84) Kemble, Priscilla (Hopkins), 1756-1845. A.L.s. to
John Wilkinson; Dublin, 7 May 1813.
1s.(3p.)
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(85) Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822. A.L.s. to [ ] Knight;
London, 13 Jan 1819.
1s.(3p.)
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(86) Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822. A.L.s. to [ ] Carr;
Durham, 4 Nov [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(87) Knight, Thomas, d. 1820. A.L.s. to Robert
William Elliston; Norton Hall, 10 Sep 1817. 1s.(3p.)
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(88) Knight, Thomas, d. 1820. A.L.s. to [ ];
Liverpool, 1 Jun 1817.
1s.(2p.)
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(89) Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862. A.L.s. to [ ];
London, 10 Sep 1839.
1s.(2p.)
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(90) Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862. A.L.s. to [ ];
[n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(91) Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797. A.L. (unsinged fragment)
to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(92) Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873. A.L.s. to
Thomas Gaspey; Dublin, 5 Mar 1833.
1s.(4p.)
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(93) Mathews, Anne (Jackson), 1782?-1869. A.L.s. to
James Robertson Planche; [n.p.] 12 Dec [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
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(95) Mathews, Anne (Jackson), 1782?-1869. A.L.s. to
Charles James Mathews; [n.p.] 15 Nov 1831. 1s.(4p.)
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(97) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. A.L.s. to [ ]
Bennett; Kentish Town, 16 Oct 1826. 1s.(2p.)
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(98) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ]
Robins; Kentish Town, 10 Sep [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(99) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. A.L.s. to [ ]; Norwich, 13
Jan 1821. 1s.(1p.)
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(101) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. A.L.s. to [ ] Miller;
Brighton, [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(102) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. A.L.s. to [ ] Yates;
[n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(103) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. MS. ticket, signed;
Theatre Royal English Opera, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(104) Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835. Printed ticket for Mr.
Mathews at home, signed; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(105) Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878. A.L.s. to
Charles Dickens; Edinburgh, 29 Nov 1869.
1s.(4p.)
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(107) Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878. A.L.s. to
Anne (Jackson) Mathews; Mattock, 17 Jun 1836.
1s.(4p.)
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(108) Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878. A.L.s. to
Lucia Elizabeth (Bartolozzi) Vestris Mathews;
[n.p.] 10 Jul 1853. 1s.(2p.)
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(109) Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878. MS. receipt, signed;
[n.p.] 8 Feb 1845. 1s.(1p.)
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(110) Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Bartolozzi) Vestris, 1797-1856.
A.L.s. to [Charles] Harris; Edinburgh, 18 Aug [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
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(111) Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Bartolozzi) Vestris, 1797-1856.
A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 3 Jul 1830.
1s.(1p.)
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(112) Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Bartolozzi) Vestris, 1797-1856.
A.L.s. to [Mme. ] Bartolozzi; London,
[n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(113) Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Bartolozzi) Vestris, 1797-1856.
Printed order form with MS. instructions, signed; Royal
Olympic Theatre, 16 Oct 1837.
1s.(1p.)
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(115) Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832. A.L.s. to
Robert William Elliston; Leamington, 28 Sep 1819.
1s.(2p.)
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(116) Murray, William Henry, 1790-1852. A.L.s. to
[Mr. ] Jervis; Edinburgh, 11 Aug 1823.
1s.(2p.)
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(117) Pope, Alexander, 1763-1835. A.L.s. to Isaac
Reed; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(118) Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841. A.L.s. to
Rebecca Wells; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(119) Robinson, Mary (Darby), 1758-1800. Sketch. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 2s.(7p.)
Autobiographical.
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(120) Russell, Samuel Taylor, 1769?-1845. A.L.s. to
Robert William Elliston; [n.p.] 19 Sep 1817. 1s.(4p.)
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(121) Russell, Samuel Taylor, 1769?-1845. A.L.s. to
William Kenneth; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(122) Russell, Samuel Taylor, 1769?-1845. MS. ticket, signed;
Drury Lane Theatre, 1 May 1826. 1s.(1p.)
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(123) St. Albans, Harriot (Mellon) Beauclerk, duchess of, 1777?-1837.
A.L.s. to Sir Charles Doyh(?); London, 14 May 1833.
1s.(1p.)
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(124) St. Albans, William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th duke of,
1801-1849. A.L.s. to Charles Kean; Holly Lodge, 8 May 1837.
1s.(4p.)
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(125) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. A.L.s. to
Richard Peake; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(126) Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844. A.L.s. to Horace
Twiss; Edinburgh, 2 Jun 1829.
1s.(1p.)
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(127) Siddons, Henry, 1774-1815. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 28 Oct
1809. 1s.(1p.)
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(128) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to
Anne (Kemble) Hatton; London, 29 Jan 1805. 1s.(3p.)
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(129) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to
Tate Wilkinson; Wells, 8 Oct [1878].
1s.(3p.)
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(130) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to
William Frere; London, 20 Nov 1825.
1s.(3p.)
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(131) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to
Cecilia Siddons; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
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(132-135) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. 4 A.L.s. to
Harriet Siddons:
Westbourne Farm, 18 Sep 1809.
1s.(3p.)
Mendip Lodge, 20 Aug 1813.
1s.(4p.)
Southampton, 28 Oct 1812.
1s.(4p.)
[n.p.], 9 Apr 1815. 1s.(4p.)
No. 132 concerns the new Covent Garden Theatre.
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(139) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to
Henry Siddons; Broadstairs, 6 Aug 1806.
1s.(4p.)
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(140) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. A.L.s. to Mrs.
Greatheed; [n.p.] 28 Sep 1787. 1s.(2p.)
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(141) Siddons, Sarah (Kemble), 1755-1831. Printed receipt,
signed; [n.p.] 21 May 1776. 1s.(1p.)
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(142) Siddons, Sarah Martha, d. 1803. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.,
n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(143) Siddons, William, 1744-1808. A.L.s. to [ ];
London, 12 Oct 1798.
1s.(1p.)
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(144) Tidswell, Charlotte. A.L.s. to [Mrs. ]
Coutts; [n.p.], 11 Jun 1818.
1s.(2p.)
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(145) Vandenhoff, George, 1820-1884. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.,
n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(146) Vandenhoff, John, 1790-1861. A.L.s. to [ ];
Providence, 30 Dec [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(147) Vining, Frederick, 1790?-1871. A.L.s. to [ ]
Lowne; London, 12 Oct [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
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(148) Vining, James, 1795-1870. A.L.s. to [ ];
London, 26 Mar [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
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(149) Wallack, James William, 1791?-1864. A.L.s. to [ ];
London, 30 Jul 1835.
1s.(1p.)
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(150) Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882. A.L.s. to
Charles Perkins; London, 30 Aug 1841.
1s.(2p.)
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(152) Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856. A.L.s. to
Mrs. George Augustus Sala; Risseley, Staffordshire, 30 Nov 1841. 1s.(4p.)
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(153) Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856. A.L.s. to
James Robertson Planche; Oxford, 9 May 1848.
2s.(3p.)
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(154) Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856. A.L.s. to [ ]
Jeffs; Risseley, Staffordshire, 3 Feb 1843. 1s.(1p.)
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