Scrapbook, 1820-1858.

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Scrapbook, 1820-1858.

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A scrapbook of newspaper clippings, tickets and portraits about Edwin Forrest created by Richard Penn Smith's son, Horace. The scrapbook also contains some letters addressed to Richard Penn Smith from William Jones and William E. Burton, and a one page script hand written by Edwin Forrest's wife Catherine.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7098754

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854

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Richard Penn Smith was a Philadelphia-born lawyer, author, and playwright. From the description of Popular Humbug: a lecture, ca. 1850. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213494778 Philadelphia-born lawyer, writer, dramatist, editor, and publisher. Grandson of William Smith, the first provost of the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Richard Penn Smith Papers, 1820-1868. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record...

Smith, Horace Wemyss, 1825-1891

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Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Davidge, 1867 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471856 From the description of Letter, 1847 Dec. 23, New York, to Henrietta Forrest. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 656890793 Actor. From the description of Edwin Forrest correspondence, 1827-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450300 Nineteenth-century American actor, noted for his Shakes...

Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860

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Epithet: actor and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00036d William E. Burton was born in London, where his father was a printer; he was interested in writing, publishing, and acting. In 1834 he moved to Philadelphia, where he founded and edited A Gentlemen's Magazine, a successful literary miscellany. Quarrels with co-editor Edgar Allan Poe led to Poe's being fired, and Burton sold the magazin...

Forrest, Catherine Norton Sinclair, 1817-1891

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Jones, William E.

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William Jones was located in Philadelphia at least during some of the time of keeping these journals. He was the son-in-law of Joseph Pennell. From the description of Business ledgers, 1839-1867. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 216880591 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Appointed May 9, 1623, to examine the state of the Virginia Company's affairs. From the description of Draft of proposed procedures against the Virginia Company, 1623. (Unive...