De Coursey Fales autograph collection 1713-1956 1840-1920

Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Bancroft, Marie, 1839-1921

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English actress. From the description of Letter, [not before 1890]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936519 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Liverpool, Prince of Wales Theatre, to Mr. Lacy, Saturday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623082 English actress and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 18 Berkeley Square, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27012...

Chambers, Julius, 1850-1920

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Gilchrist, Murray, 1868-1917

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Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956

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English novelist whose works were set in Sussex. From the description of Sheila Kaye-Smith letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, 1921 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76968820 Sheila Kaye-Smith was an English author. A natural storyteller, she was popular for her strongly plotted stories, unsentimental prose, and accurate portrayal of her native Sussex. Best known for her novels, she also published poetry, short fiction, autobiography, and various diverse...

Bancroft, Squire, 1841-1926

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English actor and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Bartley, 1889 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622935 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, to [W.A. Knight], 1907 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622939 English actor. From the description of Letter : London, to Joan Severn, 1900 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761220960 From the description ...

Curtler, Martin

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Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966

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Banker, art collector; New York City. From the description of Selected items from the autograph collection of De Coursey Fales, 1838-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502626 De Coursey Fales (1888-1966) was a New York City lawyer and banker who collected books and manuscripts. He donated his book collection to New York University and split his manuscript gifts between N.Y.U. and the New York Public Library. From the description of De Coursey Fales autograph...

North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945

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Rare-book dealer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 20 November 1914, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1914 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582991 ...

Hitchens, Robert S., 1864-1950.

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Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882

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Benjamin Webster (1797-1882) was an actor, playwright, and theatre manager. Born in Bath, his father was a dancing and fencing master; Webster attended military school, but avoided a proferred commission by running away to become an actor. He eventually reached the stage as a popular actor, dancer, pantomimist, and violinist. He also built and managed the Adelphi Theatre, managed the Haymarket, Olympic, Princess's, St. James, and London Theatres. Webster additionally wrote or adapted numerous pl...

Cazenove, C. F.

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Von Hutten, Bettina, 1874-1957

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Smith, Ernest B.

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Eykyn, Roger

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Milne, James

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The Scottish journalist, novelist, and editor James Milne was born in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, on 25 September 1865, and grew up in Aboyne. He was educated locally in Strathdon and Aboyne and attended classes at Edinburgh University. After serving on the staff of newspapers in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he went to Fleet Street becoming the Literary Editor of the Daily Chronicle, 1904-1918. Milne was the editor and founder of Book monthly in 1903. He contributed to the Daily telegraph, Scotsman, an...

Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara), 1770-1844

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Barbara Hofland, English children's writer and novelist. Her most popular chidlren's book, The Son of a Genius, was first published in 1812 and was heavily reprinted over the next few decades. From the description of Barbara Hofland manuscript material : 3 items, 1822-1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427393859 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Mr. Wright, 1841 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...