Autograph letter signed from Robert Seton, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1893 October 30.

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Autograph letter signed from Robert Seton, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1893 October 30.

Thanks Winter for his elegant volume Life and art of Edwin Booth. Seton writes that although he is not a theatre-goer himself, he has an admiration for the actor's profession and read the book with interest. On letterhead from Saint Joseph's Rectory, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey. With accompanying envelope addressed to Winter at P.O. Box 18, Thomasville, Staten Island, N.Y.

2 leaves ; 20 x 13 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7541419

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Seton, Robert, 1839-1927

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Winter, William, 1836-1917

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