Autograph letters signed from Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning [manuscript], 1801-1808.

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Autograph letters signed from Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning [manuscript], 1801-1808.

(1) comments on Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads, (2) tells of the progress of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, (3) describes preparations for Mr. H. at Drury Lane, and (4) its failure.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

Drury Lane Theatre

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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. From the description of Financial records, 1747-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78201833 From the guide to the Financial records, 1747-1817., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of...

Manning, Thomas, 1772-1840

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Traveller and friend of Chas. Lamb. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : to Mrs. John Payne, 1834 Apr. 22-1835 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608559 First Chinese scholar in Europe; friend of Charles Lamb. From the description of Letter : London, to Julius von Klaproth, Paris, 1831 May 4. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28303398 ...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...