Autograph letters signed from Alfred Gatty, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, to various people [manuscript], 1856-1868.

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Autograph letters signed from Alfred Gatty, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, to various people [manuscript], 1856-1868.

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Correspondents: Charles Kean and [Ellen (Tree)] Kean. (1-4) praise Kean's Shakespeare productions, particularly Merchant of Venice, Henry VIII, Winter's Tale, and Hamlet; (8) expresses sympathy to Mrs. Kean at Kean's death.

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Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868

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Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880

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Gatty, Alfred, 1813-1903

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