Papers of Edmund Kean [manuscript], 1814-1833.

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Papers of Edmund Kean [manuscript], 1814-1833.

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Includes: notebook of his performances at Drury Lane and of the box office receipts, 1814; receipts, undated and 1816-1821; theater tickets, undated and 1817-1822; several poems, ca. 1828-1833; a poem to him, 1814?; a criticism of a new play on Count Egmont submitted to him, in the hand of his wife, ca. 1815; a copy by Winston from the Observer, May 19, 1833 and Sunday Times, May 20, 1833, of the articles on the post mortem examination of his body; and the order of the procession at his funeral.

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