Autograph letters signed to William Winter from various correspondents [manuscript], 1892-1893.

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Autograph letters signed to William Winter from various correspondents [manuscript], 1892-1893.

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Correspondents: Jahu Dewitt Miller and M.C. Owens. The letter from Miller, on letterhead of the Seventh Avenue Hotel in Pittsburgh, mentions a letter from J.B. Booth that references his first marriage (to Adelaide Booth). The letter from M.C. Owens, written from Baltimore, concerns Mrs. Charlotte Hyde, a cousin of Edwin Booth's.

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Booth, Adelaide, -1858

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Owens, Mary C. Stevens (Mary Cornelia Stevens), 1828-1913

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Miller, Dewitt, 1857-1911

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This might be J. DeWitt Miller, who was also a correspondent of Horace Howard Furness, Jr. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885389 Dewitt Miller was a book collector, lecturer, and critic. He compiled these scrapbooks about the theatrical production of the novel, Trilby, which became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. The novel's villain, Svengali, is a demonic hyp...

Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852

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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was a 19th century English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer. Booth was born in St. Pancras, London, Great Britain, the son of Richard Booth, a lawyer and avid supporter of the Am...

Winter, William, 1836-1917

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American drama critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tompkinsville (Staten Island, N.Y.), 17 April 1886, to Mrs. Tracy, 1886 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679284 Massachusetts native William Winter graduated from Harvard law school, but began his career as a journalist. He wrote for numerous journals before securing a position as drama critic at the New York Tribune. In addition to being one of the most influential critics of his day, ...

Hyde, Charlotte, active 19th century

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