Letters to and about Edmund Kean and his wife, Mary [manuscript], 1811-1838.

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Letters to and about Edmund Kean and his wife, Mary [manuscript], 1811-1838.

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Correspondents include Jane Porter, Mrs. [Mary Ann?] Keeley, George Canning, Dr. Joseph Drury, Lord Essex, Mr. Kenneth, D.J.W. Kinnaird, George Lamb, J.H. Merivale and Samuel Whitbread.

101 letters.

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Kenneth, Mr., fl. 1811-1838

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Canning, George, 1770-1827

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Kinnaird, Douglas, 1788-1830

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Kean, Mary, 1779-1849

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Essex, Lord, fl. 1811-1838

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Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

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Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a best selling British historical novelist and the author of Thaddeus of Warsaw (1804) and The Scottish chiefs (1810). From the description of Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559985 Francis Legatt Chantrey was a popular and successful sculptor who made portrait busts of many of the most distinguished men of his time, including George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Willi...

Merivale, John Herman, 1779-1844

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John Herman Merivale, lawyer and literary scholar. From the guide to the John Herman Merivale manuscript material : 4 items, 1833-1840, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Keeley, Mary Ann, 1806-1899

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to Mrs. Charles Dickens, 1862 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490793 Epithet: née Goward, actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x0003d6 ...

Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...

Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southill, to Mr. Earnshaw in London, 1800 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588310 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "D. L.T." [Drury Lane Theatre], to an unidentified recipient, 1813 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587417 Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815) was a British politician. He was the only son and third child of Samuel Whitbread (1720-1796), brewer and politic...