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George Bartley letter to A. F. Westmacott pasted on scrapbook page, 1850 December 2

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Title	George Bartley letter to A. F. Westmacott pasted on scrapbook page, 1850 December 2
Creator	Bartley, George, 1782-1858 Barton, Richard Bolton
Subject - LCSH	Bartley, George, 1782-1858 Letters
Description	Bartley thanks Westmacott for his kindness in writing after "negligence" on his part and regrets that he cannot accept his invitation. He also mentions his efforts to find the manuscripts of the lectures Westmacott requested. The letter is pasted onto a page taken from Richard Bolton Barton's scrapbook and is written on black mourning stationery [most likely for Bartley's wife, who died the same year]. The fifth page of the letter is blank.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1850-12-02
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, pasted on scrapbook page: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 25; 5 pages pasted into one sheet
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Type	Text
Format	image/jp2
Object File Name	phl00185

Title	Front and Page 1
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Collection	Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/phl
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Transcription	11 Woburn Square 2d Decr 1850 My Dear Sir You must be the kindest of all mortals, to remember me, after so much seeming negligence on my part.-But I do not know how it is-yet-since I have had nothing to do, I really have no time to get through it. I sometimes think it is age and stupi -dity-then I flatter myself it is only indolence-at all events-it is illmannered and I blush for myself!-I wish you could see me now, I am sitting in front of red fire, and I suspect my cheeks are the redder of the two. Your kind invitation I cannot
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Object File Name	phl00185_0001.tif

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