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Ellen Kean letter to Sydney Frances Bateman, 1876 August 9

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Title	Ellen Kean letter to Sydney Frances Bateman, 1876 August 9
Creator	Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
Subject - LCSH	Bateman, Sidney Frances Cowell, 1823-1881 Copyrights Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880 Letters Plays Signatures (Writing) Watermarks
Description	In a letter, Kean gives the rights to the play "Louis XI" for a Mr. Irving to perform for five years. The letter is addressed to a Mrs. Bateman, wife of theatre manager Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman. Mrs. Bateman became a theatre manager after her husband's death. Ellen Kean includes the price of the transaction and the date when the five years shall commence. Letter contains the watermark of "J. Allen and Sons Super Fine."
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1876-08-09
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.5 x 7 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 9, folder 75; 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	phl00440

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	47 Queensboro Terrace Aug 9th 1876 My dear Mrs Bateman I give you the exclusive right over the Play of Louis XI for Mr Irving to act in London or elsewhere for a period of five years for the sum of £200 -the first £1OO to be paid on delivery of the Prompt Book the second £1OO to be paid on the production of the Play. The period of five years to
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Object File Name	phl00440_0001.tif

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