Papers, 1836-1841.

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Papers, 1836-1841.

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Letters from Mrs. Stevenson to her family while her husband, Andrew Stevenson, was Ambassador to Great Britain, relating to places visited, persons met, and social functions attended. Includes accounts of Stevenson's presentation at the Court of St. James, a presentation at the Court of Louis Philippe, a visit to Lord Palmerston's estate, the coronation of Queen Victoria, celebration of the Queen's birthday, and meetings with the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and Frances Ann (Fanny) Kemble.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852

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Stevenson, Sarah Coles, 1789-1848

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