Sarah Siddons writes an unknown correspondent requesting to make a "short" call and informs of coming in a "close carriage." The letter does not have a heading or signature. The letter contains notations by a second hand. The page 4 scan was...
Sarah M. Siddons, daughter of Sarah Siddons, writes the playwright, Mrs. Elizabeth Inchbald, requesting two tickets to Covent Garden Theatre. The letter contains notations by a second hand. The page 2 scan was rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.
A letter possibly written by Priscilla Kemble on behalf of her husband, John Philip Kemble, to Mr. Jennings, requesting for "Mr. Jones" to endorse a payable note of Mr. Stephen Kemble. The letter is written in third person. The pages are torn. ...
Priscilla Kemble writes Patrick Gordon requesting her bill and says she never feels comfortable if anything she owes is unpaid. The letter is torn and contains burned edges. The letter contains notations by more than one hand. The letter also...
Charles Macklin writes an unnamed correspondent regarding a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Smith. Macklin asks the correspondent for his opinion about particular parts of it. The second draft of the letter is brief and omits the quoted passages of...
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868; Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882; Tickets; Performances; Drury Lane Theatre; Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867; Letters; Watermarks
Charles Kean writes Webster requesting tickets for the next evening's performance. Kean also mentions Forster and Stanfield's walk in Regent's Park. The letter is inlaid and contains a watermark. Webster probably refers to Benjamin Webster and...
