Walter Churchey writes John Jones of Maesmawr, Montgomeryshire discussing Sarah Siddons' birth at the "Shoulder of Mutton" and that Hester Williams was present at her birth. She was courted by a Mr. Evans of Pennant, who was the favoured lover...
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893; Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891; Sonnets; Publishers and publishing; Letters
The photocopy of a letter from Frances Anne Butler to an unnamed woman regarding the publication of sonnets by Anne Lynch of New York. The letter is bound in volume II of "The Kembles" facing page 388 by Percy Fitzgerald.
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868; Compliments; Letters; Transcription
The transcription of E. S. Simpson's letter written from New York to an unnamed correspondent praising C. J. Kean. In the post script, Simpson says he has written Macready. C. J. Kean probably refers to Charles Kean.
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868; Maddox, J. M. (John Medex), 1789-1861; Princess's Theatre (London, England); Contracts; Letters; Watermarks
Charles Kean writes John M. Maddox saying that he agrees to make the alteration to the front gallery of the Princess's Theatre. The letter contains a watermark. A typewritten description of the letter stating that Maddox was the first lessee of...
Biography; Costumes and clothes; Death; Engraving; Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833; Letters; Portraits; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III; Watermarks
Edmund Kean writes in the third person to a Mr. Sims to tell him that he "has no objection to subscribe to the Dramatic Censors" and that Sims "is at Liberty to put his name on the list." Letter contains a handwritten notation by a second hand...
