Autograph letter signed from Mason Mitchell, Boston, Mass., to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1888 March 16.

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Autograph letter signed from Mason Mitchell, Boston, Mass., to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1888 March 16.

Mitchell indicates that Mr. W.R. Markwell is the person who altered and reduced Boucicault's Louis XI; Mr. Irving's piece is not the same tragedy. Addressed "Dear Madam."

1 leaf ; 21 x 13 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7576075

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890

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