Autograph letter signed from John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1834 May 4.

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Autograph letter signed from John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1834 May 4.

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Sends a contribution to the Committee appointed to erect a statue (by Carew) to the memory of Edmund Kean.

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Carew, John Edward, approximately 1785-1868

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Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839

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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...