Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Macready, 1845 Sept. 18.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Macready, 1845 Sept. 18.

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Discussing the capacity of Macready's box at the theater. Noting that Dickens is "half dead with Managerial work" [for Every Man in His Humour], complaining about the "utterly careless and unbuisness-like set of dogs ... as [his] fellow actors," noting that he does not except Forster in this description.

1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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