Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.

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Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.

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(p. 321) to Harriet St. Leger asks for Mrs. Kemble's and her daughter, Mrs. Wister's addresses. He also discusses Fanny's talents as an actress and as a reader of Shakespeare. On the back is an autograph letter initialed from Harriet St. Leger to Fanny Kemble, Jan. 5, 1871, referring to Adam Sedgwick's letter on the front.

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