Autograph letters signed Josiah H. Penniman, Philadelphia and London, to F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1895-1897.

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Autograph letters signed Josiah H. Penniman, Philadelphia and London, to F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1895-1897.

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All of the letters discuss Fleay's and Penniman's literary work on drama; (1) mentions a book published by J. Russell Smith entitled Shakspere and Jonson: Dramatic vs. Wit-Combats; several discuss Jonson's quarrel with Marston; (4) also mentions [Samuel?] Daniel. (7) consists of two pages of "Queries," a list of six questions, including several on Ben Jonson's Every man in his humour. (8) is a chart of Jonson and Marston plays, containing a list with dates, theatres, companies, etc (1 p.). Address appears on item as: 54 Torrington Sq., W.C. (1) is undated. (3)-(6) on letterhead from the University of Pennsylvania.

6 items ; 16 x 10 cm to 22 x 18 cm.

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Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619

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Cartwright, Robert M. (Robert McLain), 1932-

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Marston, John, 1575?-1634

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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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Penniman, Josiah Harmar, 1868-1941

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Josiah Harmer Penniman was Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1930. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884585 Josiah Harmar Penniman, fourteenth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 20, 1868. He was the son of James Lanman and Maria Davis Hosmer Penniman. His parents were of distinguished colonial ancestry, some of who...