Autograph letters signed from C.B. Phipps, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1852-1858.

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Autograph letters signed from C.B. Phipps, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, to Charles Kean [manuscript], 1852-1858.

(1) From Windsor Castle, dated February 11, 1852. Encloses a cheque for the extra boxes [not included here]; mentions King John; (2) from Buckingham Palace, dated June 14, 1858; requests that Kean "give directions for the acceptance of any orders that may be signed by my secretary ... for the admission of parties to the Queen's private box at the Princess's Theatre."

2 letters ; 19 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525470

Folger Shakespeare Library

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