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Henry Irving letter to Mrs. Wilkins, 1856 February 17

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Title	Henry Irving letter to Mrs. Wilkins, 1856 February 17
Creator	Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
Subject - LCSH	Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896 Crystal Palace (London, England) National Gallery (Great Britain) British Museum Letters
Coverage Spatial	London (England)
Description	Writing from London Irving discusses Wilkins' town, Irving's decision not to join the London Wall church, the issue of Sunday openings of public buildings and Charles Dickens' new work "written in favor of the opening." Signed J.H. Brodribb [Irving's birth name is John Henry Brodribb]. The postscript adds that the question has been decided "in favor of the opposing party." The letter is cross-written on two pages: pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 are written horizontally with pages 5 and 6 written vertically on pages 1 and 2 respectively.
Publisher	Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date	1856-02-17
Language	eng
Source	Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 7, folder 31; 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	phl00029

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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	68 O!g Broad Street 17 Feby 1856 'My dear M~s Wilkins, I must first thank you for the paper & book you were kind enough to send me. I was much entertained with both. The former is a very nice journal & I wish it success; I had no notion that you had one in Warminster, there seems little original in it, but it is a pleasing summary. The critique on the trip to Paris must have been very gratifying to the lecturer & the lecture exceedingly interesting to you. It is strange what pleasure it gives us to hear, or read of places we have visited, although we seldom learn anything new. A correspondent does not write much in favor of the intellectuality of your
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