Autograph letters signed from William Dowton to various recipients [manuscript], [1814]-1836.

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Autograph letters signed from William Dowton to various recipients [manuscript], [1814]-1836.

(2) concerns non-payment for missing a performance at Drury Lane. He states to Peake, the treasurer, that it was unavoidable. Recipients: Alfred Bunn, Richard Peake, and Francis C. Wemyss (incorrectly addressed to Thomas C. Wemyss).

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Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859

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