Autograph letters signed and unsigned from Charles Kemble to various recipients [manuscript], 1818-1854.

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Autograph letters signed and unsigned from Charles Kemble to various recipients [manuscript], 1818-1854.

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Correspondents: H.S. Arnold, William Bartholomew, J. Bridgman, Tom Cribb, Thomas F.D. Croker, [Barbara Hofland], Edmund Kean, [Fanny Kemble], Richard Lane, William Mudford, Thomas Robson, Harriot Coutts, Duchess of St. Albans, Theodore Sedgwick, Sir George Smart, William Warren, [Samuel?] Cartwright, [William?] Harness, Richard Jones, [J.W.] Marston and others. (8), January 21, 1829, concerns Kean's contract with Covent Garden theatre from which he was given leave until 1831 to prepare new roles. On the back is a sworn statement that this was exhibited in the Chancery suit of Kemble and others vs. Kean. J.P. Collier has identified the signature of (27).

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1811-1859

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Mudford, William, 1782-1848

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