Autograph letters signed and unsigned from Junius Brutus Booth to various people [manuscript], 1815-1851.

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Autograph letters signed and unsigned from Junius Brutus Booth to various people [manuscript], 1815-1851.

12 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph letter and 1 receipt. Correspondents: Richard Booth, Robert William Elliston, Thomas Flynn, Thomas Sowerby Hamblin, H. Harris, J. Pennington, Francis Courtney Wemyss and others. Booth sends 1 letter to his father in care of Thomas Blyth. Thomas Tyrer adds a note to an Elliston letter and the Pennington letter.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254371

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Blyth, Thomas, fl. 1815-1851.

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Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831

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Elliston was an English actor and theatrical manager, as well as lessee of the Surrey Theatre, London, beginning in 1809. He later served as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1792-1826 (inclusive), 1812-1820 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79392295 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter not signed (retained draft?) : [Bath], to George Colman, [ca. 1803-04?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2706141...

Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852

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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was a 19th century English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, Great Britain, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer and avid supporter of the Am...

Tyrer, Thomas, fl. 1815-1851.

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Harris, H., fl. 1815-1851,

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Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859

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Francis Courtney Wemyss was an actor and a threatre manager. From the description of Prompt book, 1830. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122365059 ...

Flynn, Thomas, 1798-1849

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Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853

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Booth, Richard, 1762 or 1763-1839

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Pennington, J., fl. 1815-1851

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