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Sarah Siddons letter to Lady Perceval

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Title	Sarah Siddons letter to Lady Perceval
Creator	Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject - LCSH	Health Fires Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 Combe, Cecilia, 1794-1868 Covent Garden Theatre Letters
Description	Sarah Siddons writes Lady Perceval, godmother to her daughter, Cecilia, with concern for the health of Mrs. Soame, Lady Perceval's aunt, and recommends a prescription to ease her discomfort. Siddons comments on the 1808 destruction of Covent Garden Theatre by fire and the loss of all costumes and jewelry. She writes of the courage of her actor-manager brother J. P. Kemble.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	after 1808-09-20
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.5 x 7.13 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 18, folder 11; 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	phl00210

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	Sunday My dear Lady Perceval I do most sincerely grieve for the suf--ferings of poor dear Ms. Soame, and most ardently pray that you may not be mistaken in the effecacy of Wood's Paste, it has been of great use in many ins~ances, and I hope to God for your sake as well as that of your dear Aunt that it may relieve her: pray present my love to her, and tell her she shall have my prayers. I shall enclose a reciept which has been of more use to me, than ~I)'y_~hi~L~ ever _,trY'd -and youneed be under no apprehension about it, for I am
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