Affidavit of Charles Dickens : London, [to William Macready] : autograph manuscript signed, 1842 July 7.

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Affidavit of Charles Dickens : London, [to William Macready] : autograph manuscript signed, 1842 July 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270511734

Praising Broadstairs and disparaging Eastbourne, calling it an "English Saint Helena, to which stern husbands banish their unwilling and reluctant wives." Describing in hyperbolic tones Catherine Macready's despair at being lodged there the previous summer.

1 item (3 p.) ; 23.6 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7182507

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Macready, Catherine Frances, 1803 or 1804-1852

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Pirie, John, 1781-1851,

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Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...