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Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton, 1891 February 19

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Title	Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton, 1891 February 19
Creator	Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Subject - LCSH	Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 Letters Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905 Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894 McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891 Players (Club)
Description	Booth writes from the home of the Players at 16 Gramercy Place in reply to Boughton's letter and discusses mutual friends: the declining health of the artist Launt Thompson, the recent death of painter Jervis McEntee, and actor Thomas Doggett's visit to Booth. Written two years before Booth's death, the letter mentions his poor but improving health.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1891-02-19
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 36; 4 pages
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
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Object File Name	phl00098

Title	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	Feb. 19t h '91 The Players 16 Gramercy Park Dear Boughton I should have written this at once--on receipt of your good letter, so like your dear old self, but I've been delayed very much of late by by friends-among 'em j olly Tom I the Boston boy--who regrets very much that he failed to see you during your brief visit, besides--I hoped to see old Doggett before I wrote. He has not been to the club yet, but he
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