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John Aikin letter to Charles Murray, 1799 December 4

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Title	John Aikin letter to Charles Murray, 1799 December 4
Creator	Aikin, John, 1747-1822
Subject - LCSH	Aikin, John, 1747-1822 Murray, Charles, 1754-1821 Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844 Acting Performances Letters
Description	John Aikin writes Charles Murray, commenting on the performance of Murray's daughter, Harriet Murray Siddons. The letter contains notations by a second hand.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1799-12-04
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.25 x 9 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 18, folder 64; 2 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
Type	Text
Format	image/jp2
Object File Name	phl00259

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	Dear Sir I cannot close this note without expressing my obligations to Mr. Murray for the exalted degree of pleasure I received, in his chaste, feeling & judicious performance in the Wise Man of the East. I must also congratulate him upon the uncommon talents of Miss Murray. -I participate in all a father's happiness, in the success she absolutely commanded from a delighted audience. Since I have known the profession of an Actor, I never saw such a combination of requisites, in so youthful an adventurer. Judgment, Figure, Deportment, discrimination and Sensibility, beyond either conception or expectation. -The whole House had but
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