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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Collection of autograph letters signed : primarily London and Higham, to W.C. Macready and his family, 1839-1870.

Title: Collection of autograph letters signed : primarily London and Higham, to W.C. Macready and his family, 1839-1870.

Collection consists of 81 letters to William Macready; 8 letters to Mrs. [Catherine Atkins] Macready; 2 letters to Mrs. [Cecile] Macready; and 1 letter to Miss Catherine Macready; as well as 3 prints. Items are described individually in 95 records (MA 107.1-95); see related records for more information.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (95 items), bound ; 32.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270533646 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Affidavit of Charles Dickens : London, [to William Macready] : autograph manuscript signed, 1842 July 7.

Title: Affidavit of Charles Dickens : London, [to William Macready] : autograph manuscript signed, 1842 July 7.

Praising Broadstairs and disparaging Eastbourne, calling it an "English Saint Helena, to which stern husbands banish their unwilling and reluctant wives." Describing in hyperbolic tones Catherine Macready's despair at being lodged there the previous summer.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23.6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270511734 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1848 Mar. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1848 Mar. 17.

Sending him a copy of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; saying that he doubts whether Brighton is the best place for Mrs. Macready; offering suggestions for how Mrs. Macready can improve her health.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476311862 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : London, to William Macready, [1839 Dec.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to William Macready, [1839 Dec.].

Postponing an appointment with Mr. and Mrs. Macready and Macready's sister [Laetitia] and brother [Edward] until the following Sunday.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476298241 View

Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859,. Autograph letter from Lady Morgan to Mr. and Mrs. Macready [manuscript], 18th or 19th century April 30.

Title: Autograph letter from Lady Morgan to Mr. and Mrs. Macready [manuscript], 18th or 19th century April 30.

Written in the third person. Lady Morgan will have the honor of joining Mr. and Mrs. Macready on Saturday the 16th. Recipients are possibly William Charles Macready and his wife, Catherine Frances Macready.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 18 x 11 cm.

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1849 Feb. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1849 Feb. 2.

Mentioning the spat between Macready and the American actor Edwin Forrest; comparing America to the "something rotten in the State of Denmark" in Hamlet; discussing a dinner with [William Harrison] Ainsworth; referring to [Benjamin] Disraeli as a "circumcised dog"; informing him that Kate Dickens just gave birth to their sixth child; describing the use of choloroform as a painkiller during the delivery; discussing the forgery case of [William Henry] Barber; telling him he saw his wife [Catherine Macready]; noting that his sister Fanny Burnett's "deformed child" has died [this nephew was used as the model for Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol]; providing information about how all their friends are doing.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.2 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476842510 View

Macready, Catherine Frances, 1803 or 4-1852,. Autograph letters signed from Catherine Frances (Atkins) Macready to various recipients [manuscript], 1838-[1850?].

Title: Autograph letters signed from Catherine Frances (Atkins) Macready to various recipients [manuscript], 1838-[1850?].

Recipients: Catherine Forrest, Edwin Forrest, Daniel Maclise, Thomas J. Serle, Mrs. Thomas J. Serle, Charles Hamilton Smith, Henry P. Smith and others. Some items undated.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368125231 View

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873,. Autograph letters signed from William Charles Macready to various recipients [manuscript], 1817-1866.

Title: Autograph letters signed from William Charles Macready to various recipients [manuscript], 1817-1866.

Some letters cataloged individually in card catalog. Some letters were written for Macready by members of his family and some items are undated. Recipients include: J. Avery (1-2); unidentified recipient (3); J.W. Bennett (4); Richard Bentley (5-7); D. Black (8); William Rufus Blake (9); Chichester Bolton (10); J.W. Brady (11); William Bryden (12-15); Charles Buller (16); Alfred Bunn (17); T. Bushell [possibly Thomas Bushell?] (18); Mr. [Capps?] (19); George Cattermole (20-21); Frederic Chapman (22-23); Messrs. Chappell, Music [Store?] (24); Chappell (25); Messrs. Clarke and Barlow (26); possibly brother of the Duke of Newcastle, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton (27); John William Cole (28); Dominic Charles Colnaghi (29); John W. Cooper (30-41); Miss Coutts (42); Edward Crooke (43-44); E.D. Davis (45); Catherine Dickens (46); William Dunn (47); James Edwards (48); Pierce Egan (49); unidentified recipient (50); Robert William Elliston (51); J. [Hin?]son (52); Lady Elizabeth Forbes (53-54); Edwin Forrest (55); John Forster (56); William Johnson Fox (57); Sarah Garrick (58); Thomas Gaspey (59-60); John L. Greaves (61-63); F. Griffin (64); James Henry Hackett (65-67); Samuel Carter Hall (68-69); Hawkes (70); Edward Nares Henning (71-77); James Henning (78); John Abraham Heraud (79); Benson Hill (80); Mr. Hiscox (81); Alexander Ireland (82); John Cordy Jeaffreson (83-85); William Jerdan (86-87); Swynfen Jervis (88); Robert Keeley (89); Frances Maria Kelly (90); Fanny Kemble (91-92); Kenneth (93); William James Linton (94); John Liston (95); Editor of the London Magazine (96); George William Lovell (97); Richard Lucas (98); Noah Miller Ludlow and Solomon Smith (99); Benjamin Lumley (100) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (101); Charles Mackay (102); Daniel Maclise (103-104); Catherine Macready (105-107); Christina Macready (108); Sarah Macready (109); William Charles Macready (110); Helena Faucit Martin (111); W.N. Maude (112-113); Messrs. Maxfield and Kelly (114); Mr. Mi[ken?] (115); Mr. [surname illegible] (116); Sir Thomas Charles Morgan (117); Editor of the Morning Herald (118); Frances Munden (119); John Murray (120) and (436); W. Penson (121); Henry Phillips (122-123); Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (124); Capt. Polhill? (125); E.[Power? Or Davis?] (126); Anne Procter (127); Bryan Procter [Barry Cornwall] (128); Samuel Ruggles (129-130); John Ryder (131); Robert Scott (132); Thomas James Serle (133-270); W. Shadwick (271); Sir Martin Shee (272); Committee of Sherborne Evening School (273); Miss Smith (274); Charles Hamilton Smith (275); Henry P. Smith (276-393); Clarkson Stanfield (394-396); [H.?] Stevens (397); John Taylor (398); N.H. Thomas (399); James Thomson (400); Charles Edward Walker (401); James William Wallack (402); William Warren (403); R. Watts (404); Benjamin Webster (405-413); T.J. White (414); Messrs. White and Whitmore (415); George Wightwick (416); Mr. Simon Button? (417); unidentified (418-420); A.B.C. (421); unidentified (422-433); John (434); unidentified recipient (435); Mr. Murray (436); E.W. Wyon (437); Ellen Kean (438); Lord Chamberlain (439); envelopes addressed to the Marquis of Conyngham (440-442); Mr. Kenneth (443).

ArchivalResource: 443 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471762769 View

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877,. Autograph letter signed from Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton to Mrs. Macready [manuscript], ca. 1843.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton to Mrs. Macready [manuscript], ca. 1843.

Also, note by Collier on Mrs. Norton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311265604 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : Brighton, to William Charles Macready, 1848 Mar. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brighton, to William Charles Macready, 1848 Mar. 2.

Saying that they have moved from the Bedford; discussing Mrs. Macready's health; and mentioning [Alphonse de] Lamartine.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476311929 View

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876,. Autograph letters signed from H. Martineau to various correspondents [manuscript], 1838-1844?

Title: Autograph letters signed from H. Martineau to various correspondents [manuscript], 1838-1844?

Correspondents include William Charles Macready, Mrs. Macready, Thomas Carlyle and unidentified recipients. Most of the letters discuss Mr. Macready's performances and work in various Shakespeare plays including Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Hamlet, the Tempest, Othello and Richard III. Several mention Macready in William Tell. Many letters mention a Mrs. Reid, possibly referring to Elizabeth Jesser Reid. (26) The letter to Carlyle is about Covent Garden Theatre.

ArchivalResource: 37 letters ; 12 x 10 cm to 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435437793 View