Autograph letter signed : London, to William Charles Macready, 1841 Dec. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to William Charles Macready, 1841 Dec. 2.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270529418

Congratulating him on "his release from the fangs of [Benjamin] Webster," the manager at the Haymarket Theatre.

1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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