Shakespeareana [manuscript] : autograph letters of Shakespearean interest, 1836-1890 / written ... by and to Charles Roach Smith and other celebrated antiquaries.

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Shakespeareana [manuscript] : autograph letters of Shakespearean interest, 1836-1890 / written ... by and to Charles Roach Smith and other celebrated antiquaries.

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Over 300 letters of Shakespearean interest, most to Charles Roach Smith from over 100 writers. Also, a significant number of letters from Smith, most addressed to Joseph Mayer and some to unidentified recipients. Also, a few uncataloged programs and other printed trifles. Correspondents include: Theodosius Purland, John Francis Waller, T.F. Dillon Croker, John Kenrick, H.W. King, Henry Kingsley, Joseph Clarke, I.G. Bailey, John E. Price, John Brent, Joseph Mayer, William Knighton, Emily H. Baker, J.A. Sweny, William Francis Ainsworth, Turner P. Clarke, A.H. Paget, Samuel Timmins, Charles Warne, James Cove Jones, Jacob Henry Burn, William Mackall, Frederick Corbin Lukis, John Kenrick, Henry Christmas, Joseph Durham, A.B. MacKeson, Joseph Hatton, Albert Way, William Oakes Hunt, Robert Whiston, Henry Campkin, A. Hume, Joseph Burtt, William Francis Ainsworth, John Collingwood Bruce, S.T. Aveling, W.A. Scott Robertson, Effingham Wilson, James Dafforne, Edward Trollope, Augustus Wollaston Franks, Henry Ecroyd Smith, James Kendrick, Charles Dillon, J.R. Planché, J. Noel Paton, J.E. Mayall, Thomas Hughes, Jabez Hughes, Joseph Tom Burgess, John Bathurst Deane, Bram Stoker, and Charles E. Flower.

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker (b. November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland-d. April 20, 1912, London, England), studied at Dublin's Trinity College. He took a civil service job, but found it unsatisfying and moonlighted as an unpaid theatre critic. His affection for the theatre led to a partnership with Henry Irving, managing London's Lyceum Theatre. While managing the theatre, Stoker wrote consistently, publishing popular adventure and horror stories as well as non-fiction. Today, he is almost exclu...

Wilson, Effingham, 1783-1868

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Mayer, Joseph, 1803-1886

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Hatton, Joseph, 1841-1907

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Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876

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Henry Kingsley was an English novelist. From the description of Letters to various correspondents, 1864-1876. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79789771 From the guide to the Letters to various correspondents, 1864-1876., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Author Henry Kingsley was born in the Northamptonshire village of Barnack, in a family including accomplished brothers Charles and George; although popular and athletic, Henry ...

Sweny, J. A., 19th cent.,

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Durham, Joseph, 1814-1877

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Purland, Theodosius, 1805-1881

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Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902

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Ainsworth, William, 1807-1896.

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Epithet: geologist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0003b4 William Francis Ainsworth was the cousin of novelist William Harrison Ainsworth who had edited the New monthly magazine before him. From the description of William Francis Ainsworth letters to Frederick Brickdale Doveton, 1875. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38926936 ...

Clarke, Turner P., 19th cent.

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Brent, John, 1808-1882

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Whiston, Robert

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Price, John Edward, -1892

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John Edwards and Muriel Price were two individuals who took an interest in the work of Sion Cent, consulting manuscripts and transcribing his poetry. Their transcripts were used by Sir Ifor Williams in his work, Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac eraill, 1925. John Edwards M.A. of Betws Gwerful Goch, Corwen, Merioneth was a student at the University College of North Wales. Muriel Price of Pwllheli, was educated at the Normal College, Bangor. It was her intention to write an M.A. thes...

Smith, Henry Ecroyd, 1823-1889

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Clarke, Joseph, 1802-1895,

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Hunt, William Oakes, 1795-1873

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Campkin, Henry, 1815?-1890

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Hume, A. (Abraham), 1814-1884

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Burtt, Joseph, 1818-1876

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Warne, Charles, 1802-1887

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Mayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901

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Deane, John Bathurst, 1797-1887

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Epithet: Master in Merchant Taylors' School British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x0000e4 ...

Dillon, Charles, 1819-1881

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Kendrick, James, 1771-1847

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Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869

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Way, Albert, 1805-1874

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British antiquary. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030627 Epithet: Director, Society of Antiquaries British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000293 English archaeologist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Wonham Manor, Reigate, to "Dear Sir", 1860 Aug. 6 and 10 and Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Kenrick, John, 1788-1877

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Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880

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English dramatist, librettsit, antiquarian, and costume authority. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 30 May 1878, to Lewis Wingfield, 1878 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675035 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : East Retford, 8 April 1864, to Mrs. Skeffington Smith, 1864 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675030 James Robinson Planché, a dramatist, antiquary, and officer of arms, was born in P...

Flower, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1830-1892

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King, H. W., fl. 1867,

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Lukis, Frederick Corbin, 1788-1871

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Aveling, S. T.

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Baker, Emily H.,

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Hughes, Jabez, 1819-1884

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Trollope, Edward, 1817-1893

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Paget, Alfred Henry, 1848-1909

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Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890

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Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896

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Croker, T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis Dillon), 1831-1912

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Robertson, W. A. Scott (William Archibald Scott), 1837-1897

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Waller, John Francis, 1810-1894

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Bruce, J. Collingwood (John Collingwood), 1805-1892

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Franks, Augustus Wollaston, 1826-1897

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Keeper of British and medieval antiquities and ethnography. From the description of Autograph letter signed : British Museum, to C. Fairfax Murray, 1891 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270751449 ...

Paton, J. Noël (Joseph Noël), Sir, 1821-1901

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British artist. From the description of Letter by J. Noël Paton to Frederic Shields, 1885. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 79309949 Sir J. Noël Paton was a Scottish painter. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1850-1899. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191700646 British painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1866-1886. (Getty Research Institut...

Bailey, I. G., fl. 1872,

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Burgess, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), 1828-1886

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Mackall, William, 1814?-1890,

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