Letters to Albert Marshman Palmer from various people, New York [manuscript], 1890 September 20.

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Letters to Albert Marshman Palmer from various people, New York [manuscript], 1890 September 20.

Twelve autograph letters signed, 3 typescripts and 1 telegram. The letters are all replies (usually in the affirmative) to invitations to serve as pallbearers at Dion Boucicault's funeral. Correspondents: J.P. Caddagan, C.F. Chatterton, Joseph F. Daly, Henry Edwards, H.G. Fiske, T. Henry French, D. Frohman, Joseph Howard, David McAdam, Henry Miller, Sol Smith Russell, Frank W. Sanger, Edward H. Sothern, Edmund C. Stanton, Frank Work and J.R. Young.

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Russell, Sol Smith, 1848-1902

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Solomon Smith Russell (1848–1902) was a 19th-century American comedic stage actor who began performing as a boy during the American Civil War. Russell was born at Brunswick, Missouri, the eldest of two sons and a daughter raised by Charles and Louise (née Mathews) Russell. While a young boy Russell's family moved to St. Louis where his father manufactured and sold tinware. Russell's mother was from Ohio, the daughter of a Cincinnati music teacher. It soon became apparent that Russell did not ...

Young, John Russell, 1840-1899

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000334 Irish American journalist, author, diplomat and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young letters [manuscript], 1867-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174958754 Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young paper...

Fiske, Harrison Grey, 1861-1942

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Biographical Notes Minnie Maddern Fiske 1865, Dec. 19 Born Marie Augusta Davey, New Orleans, La. 1868 First stage performance, as the young Duke of York in Shakespeare's Richard III 1880 Appeared on New York st...

Howard, Joseph, 1833-1908

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Joseph Howard's career as a journalist was long and distinguished. As war correpondent for the New York TIMES during the Civil War, he was present at the 1st Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Ball's Bluff. He was arrested and imprisoned for 14 weeks in 1864 as a result of a journalistic burlesque known as the "Bogus Proclamation." He was later appointed official military recorder, reporting the trials of Confederate spies. Howard covered many famous events of the 19th...

Stanton, Edmund C. (Edmund Courtlandt), -1901

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McAdam, David, 1838-1901

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Epithet: Captain; Royal marines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000065 ...

Sanger, Frank W., -1904

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Work, Frank, fl. 1890

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Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

Frohman, Daniel, 1851-1940

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American theatrical producer and early film producer. From the description of Daniel Frohman letters and autograph, [manuscript], [1893], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648015588 American theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : New York, 11 February [1910?, and n.d.], to [Harry Harkness] Flagler, [1910?] Feb. 11 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577558 From the description of Autograph n...

Edwards, Henry, 1830-1891

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Actor, entomologist. From the description of Henry Edwards collection of entomological correspondence, 1854-1891, 1862-1891 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485143 Henry Edwards was an actor and amateur entomologist who amassed a collection of over 250,000 specimens of Lepidoptera, one of the finest in the United States. His total collection, including other insects, numbered close to 300,000 specimens, and was acquired by the American Museum of Natural ...

Miller, Henry, 1860-1926

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French, T. Henry (Thomas Henry), 1847 or 1848-1902

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Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x0000d3 American theatrical producer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : New York, to Mrs. E. Leslie [Lyde], 1888 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752219 ...

Palmer, Albert Marshman, 1838-1905

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Albert Marshman Palmer, American theater manager and entrepreneur. From the guide to the Albert Marshman Palmer manuscript material : 1 item, 1899, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) American theatre manager. From the description of Autograph note in third person : New York, to "Harpers Magazine?", 1891 Jun. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611610 ...

Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890

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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...

Chatterton, Charles F. (Charles Franklyn), 1856 or 1857-1894

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Caddagan, John P., -1908

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Daly, Joseph Francis, 1840-1916

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Mathematical statisticians. From the description of Oral history interview with Joseph Francis Daly and Churchill Eisenhart, 1984 July 10. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63289513 ...