Autograph letters signed and telegrams from Sir Henry Irving to various recipients [manuscript], 1860-1904.

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888

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John Johnstone Wallack (January 1, 1820, New York City – September 6, 1888, Stamford, Connecticut), was an American actor-manager and son of theatre producer James William Wallack and actrees Susan Johnstone. He used the stage name John Lester until October 5, 1858, when he first acted under the name Lester Wallack, which he retained the rest of his career. He was born in New York but at an early age he was taken to his parents' home in London where he was reared and educated. Wallack had chose...

Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

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In 1819, Sickles was born in New York City to Susan Marsh Sickles and George Garrett Sickles, a patent lawyer and politician. (His year of birth is sometimes given as 1825, and Sickles was known to have claimed as such. Historians speculate that Sickles chose to appear younger when he married a woman half his age.) He learned the printer's trade and studied at the University of the City of New York (now New York University). He studied law in the office of Benjamin Butler, was admitted to the ba...

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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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...

Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909

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

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Marshall, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1840-1889

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British playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Folkestone, to Joseph Crawhall, 1889 Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 460952103 ...

Ticknor, Howard Malcom, 1836-1905

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Lawson, W. R. (William Ramage)

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Hardy, Duffus, Lady, 1825?-1891

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Austin, L. F. (Louis Frederic), 1852-1910

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Stringer, George Alfred, -1923

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Partner in the Buffalo insurance firm Stringer & Cady; trustee of the Buffalo Historical Society. From the description of The Empire State : a retrospect, 1896 / George A. Stringer. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 174141673 ...

Shea, George, 1826-1895

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New York City attorney. From the description of George Shea papers, 1889-1890 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 502013704 ...

Carpenter, William Boyd, 1841-1918

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Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...

Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899

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Playwright, producer; owner of Daly's Theatre in New York City. From the description of [John] Augustin Daly letter to Mr. [William A. ]Jenner [manuscript], 1892 Dec 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191870954 American dramatist and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Bouton (bookseller in New York), 1882 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526011 From the description of Autograph l...

Marquand, Allan, 1853-1924

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Salutarian and president of the Princeton Class of 1874, Marquand later founded Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, sharing with Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard the distinction of being the first to introduce the serious study of art into the curriculum of the American college. His own life-work was an eight-volume catalogue raisonné of the works of the ateliers of members of the Robbia family, 15th- and 16th-century Florentine sculptors and ceramists. From the descriptio...

Cesnola, Luigi Palma ˜diœ 1832-1904

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Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Autograph note signed with initials : to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611628 Union Army officer; United States consul in Cyprus; director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of Papers, 1863-1885. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122525185 Epithet: Conte; archaeologist British Library Archives and Manusc...

Routledge, George, 1812-1888

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Buckstone, John Copeland, 1858-1924

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Routledge, Edmund, 1843-1899

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English publisher. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Broadway, Ludgate Hill, E.C., [London], to Arthur J. Lewis, 1897 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126128 ...

Guild, James Wyllie 18..-19..?

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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

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Cartoonist, artist, lecturer, and later diplomat; of Morristown, N.J.; died in Ecuador while he was serving as American consul-general. From the description of Papers, 1850s-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70939185 German-born American cartoonist; contributed to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York Illustrated News, and Harper's Weekly; traveled to Europe in 1860; lived in New York City and Morristown, N.J.; appointed consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1902 where...

Winter, William, 1836-1917

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American drama critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tompkinsville (Staten Island, N.Y.), 17 April 1886, to Mrs. Tracy, 1886 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679284 Massachusetts native William Winter graduated from Harvard law school, but began his career as a journalist. He wrote for numerous journals before securing a position as drama critic at the New York Tribune. In addition to being one of the most influential critics of his day, ...

Jarvis, John William, active 19th century

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Slicer, Thomas Roberts, 1847-1916

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Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906

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Irish actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Saker, 1856 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572810 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Gaiety Theatre, Strand," to "My Dear Clayton", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572802 English actor and manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1880-1883, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1880 Mar. 18. ...

Hill, Mrs.,

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Compton, Edward, 1854-1918

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Nast, Sarah Edwards

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Paul, Howard, 1835-1905

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Clarke, H. Savile (Henry Savile), 1841-1893

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Campbell, Colin, Lady, 1857-1911

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McCarthy, Justin, 1830-1912

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Irish journalist, historian and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fifth Avenue Hotel, to Theodore Tilton, [no year] Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606179 ...

Turpin, Edmund Hart, 1835-1907

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English organist, editor, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 March 1902, to Mrs. [Samuel] Aitken, 1902 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677858 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 31 January 1903, to Miss [Annabel] Aitken, 1903 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677853 ...

Combermere, Isabel Marian Stapleton-Cotton, Viscountess, -1930

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Waller, Lewis, 1860-1915

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English actor-manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Oscar Wilde, [no year] Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586447 ...

Heinemann, William, 1863-1920

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Heinemann was an English publisher. Hall Caine was an English novelist whose The Bondman (1890) was the first book published by Heinemann. Henley was an English poet, critic, and dramatist. He edited The New Review (1895-1897), published by Heinemann. From the guide to the Letters from Hall Caine and William Ernest Henley, 1891-1913., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Heinemann was an English publisher. Hall Caine was an English novelist whose T...

Chapman, Hugh Boswell

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Epithet: Vicar of St Luke's Camberwell, chaplain of the Savoy Chapel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000173 ...

Winter, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Campbell), 1841-1922

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Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916

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Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902

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Herman, Henry, 1832-1894

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