I. Tayleure letter to Charles Kean

              Friday Morning 

Dear Sir 

I herewith send you the letters I could 
not lay my hand upon yesterday - I trust, nay 
I have no doubt but that you will apreciate the 
feeling which has induced me to lay these letters 
before you previously to their being consigned to 
the sale room for public auction, as I am shortly 
going to dispose of my extensive collection of Theatrical 
and other autographs in that way. They have been seen 
by no one since they came into my possession.
 
One of the Russell family possesses the largest collection 
of letters of your Late Father, some years ago I sold him 
my Kean collection, which I had been for years getting 
together, and which were hi ghly interesting, for Fifty Pounds. 
and I remember some two or three years ago there was 
a letter of your Mothers sold for the extraordinary sum 
of Ten Pounds . The cause of this was Mr Russell had