Autograph letters signed from Fanny Kemble to various recipients [manuscript], 1832-1892.

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864

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George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New-York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831. Morris is credited with the longevity the Evening Mirror would enjoy and for giving it a wide scope, covering not only news and entertainment but reviews of the fine arts, editorials, and many original engravings. Morris al...

Georgiana, Lady, 19th cent.

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St. Leger, Harriet Frances, approximately 1797-1878

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Beeston, Miss, 19th cent.

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Hallé, Charles, 1819-1895

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English pianist and composer of German birth. From the description of Clipped signature. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665302 German-English pianist and conductor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 10 Grunheys, Manchester, to Arthur Sullivan, 1862 Nov. 30 to 1868 Ja. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125488 English pianist and conductor of German birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Manchest...

Ashburner, Anne, 1807-1894

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Scraggs, Mrs., 19th cent.

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Belknap, Mr., 19th cent.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Scott, Ann, -1888

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Bentley, George, 1828-1895

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English publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], to [Joseph Bennett?], 1877 Apr. 28 and May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672280 Epithet: publisher and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000027 ...

Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1790-1852

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Epithet: actor-manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0002ff ...

Pleasonton, Mary, d. 1881

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Blanchard, E., 19th cent.

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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Boyle, Mary, 19th cent.

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Barwell, Mrs. (Louisa Mary), 1800-1885

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Musician and writer of educational works. From the description of Letter : Norwich, to Laman Blanchard, [1834] July. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28296244 ...

Scott, A. J. (Alexander John), 1805-1866

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James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Pleasonton, Mary, -1851

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Pratt, Lewis T., active 19th century

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Resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of Lewis A. Pratt papers, 1897-1900. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420200 ...

Gordon, Miss, 19th cent.

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Monckton, Mrs., 19th cent.

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Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904

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English journalist and reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899208 Frances Power Cobbe, English philanthropist, social worker, and religious author, advocate of women's rights, education for poor and neglected children, and anti-vivisectionist. From the description of Correspondence to France Power Cobbe, 1855-1904. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens...

Doane, Daisy, 19th cent.

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Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...

Pollman, Mr., 19th cent.

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Mather, John C., 19th cent.

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Page, Constance, 19th cent.

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Claghorn, James L. (James Lawrence), 1817-1884

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Collector and art patron; Philadelphia, Pa. Claghorn was an officer of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Best known for his print collection, he began by collecting paintings by American artists, ca. 1840. In 1877, he sold his painting collection in order to devote his efforts to his print collection. His private gallery in Philadelphia was open to visitors, and selections from the Claghorn Collection were exhibite...

Failly, F., 19th cent.

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Cleveland, Sarah Perkins, 1818-1893

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Sarah Perkins Cleveland, wife of Henry Russell Cleveland, was prominent in social, literary, and political circles in 19th-century Boston. Catherine Eliot Norton was the mother and Grace Norton, the sister of the American author and Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton. From the guide to the Letters to Catherine Eliot Norton and Grace Norton, 1847-1898 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Sarah Perkins Cleveland, wife of Henry Russe...

Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859

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Francis Courtney Wemyss was an actor and a threatre manager. From the description of Prompt book, 1830. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122365059 ...

Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875

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English painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1828-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83101655 ...

Croker, T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis Dillon), 1831-1912

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Lloyd, Mary Charlotte, 1819-1896

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