Dorothy Jordan manuscript material : 8 items, 1796-1812

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Dorothy Jordan manuscript material : 8 items, 1796-1812

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· To Hyde, Esq. at the Music Ware House, Cheapside : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Apr 1808 : (MISC 0295) : from Golden Sq.; begins, "I received your letter and regret my not seeing you when you called ..." · To James Perry, journalist : 1 autograph letter third person : "Tuesday" [Aug 1812] : (MISC 0845) : from Cadogan House; saying she would be obliged if he would "call on her any day this week..." · To Anna Maria Porter, novelist : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Sunday" : (MISC 2297) : from Bushey; begins, "Accept my best thanks for your very kind attantions..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Feb [w/m = 1796] : from Bushey Park; saying "the comedy she thinks has much merit -- but Mrs. Jordan has determined never again to perform a new character in Men's clothes ..." -- 1 autograph letter third person : [no date] : (MISC 2299) : begins, "Mrs. Jordan has to apologize to Miss Porter for not sooner requesting her acceptance of admissions for the Theater ..."-- 1 autograph letter signed : "Saturday" [w/m = 1805] : (MISC 2300) : from Bushey; begins, "When I tell you that the Duke has for some days been sincerely ill I am confident I shall claim more than your pardon for my seeming neglect ..." · To "My ever dear old friend" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Sunday" : (MISC 0846) : from Wolverhampton; begins, "I rec'd your last night -- and grieved to perceive by it , that you have been so unwell ..." · To "My dear sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [w/m = 1808] : (MISC 0296) : from Bushey; begins, "I should be sorry the letters I have inclosed to you were the only [works?] I could produce ..."

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7551333

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3z91 (person)

Dorothy (Dora) Phillips Bland was born in London on November 22, 1761, into an acting family. She made her acting debut in Dublin, Ireland in November 1779, and her London acting debut at Drury Lane in October 1785. By this time she had received the stage name of "Mrs. Jordan" which she used for the remainder of her long stage career. Dorothy Jordan was the acknowledged greatest comedic actress of her time, just as Sarah Siddons, Jordan's not-so-friendly rival, was the acclaimed dramatic actress...

Perry, James, 1756-1821

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James Perry, British journalist. From the guide to the James Perry manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1800-1821?, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Porter, Anna Maria, 1778-1832

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British author. From the description of Letter : to "Miss Cockle," Newcastle upon Tyne, 1821 Jan. 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29458717 Epithet: novelist, sister of Sir R K Porter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000114 Anna Maria Porter, like her sister Jane, was a popular English novelist and poet. Precocious and nurtured in her early years, Anna Maria published a ...