Eduard Reményi letter, 1892.

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Eduard Reményi letter, 1892.

The collection consists of two holographic letters, one of Eduard Reményi and one of Milward Adams. The letter of Milward Adams is dated January 16 (no year) and is addressed to Daniel Willard, president of the B & O Railroad. Adams and Willard had apparently discussed Reményi previously. Adams enclosed Reményi's letter of 12th, 1892 as he thought it would be of interest to Willard.

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Adams, Milward, 1857-1923

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Chicago classical music series manager, and manager of the Auditorium Theater from 1889 to 1910. Milward Adams was born in Kentucky in 1857, and came to Chicago in 1870 to work as an errand boy for Wilson Brothers Clothiers. He became associated with the manager of Chicago's Central Music Hall, George B. Carpenter, who also managed lectures and concerts series. Adams worked for Carpenter and started at the bottom, sweeping up after shows and manning the ticket window. Af...

Reményi, Eduard, 1828-1898

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Hungarian violinist; court violinst to Louis Napoleon and Queen Victoria; composer. From the description of Manuscripts of Edouard Reményi, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50903191 Hungarian violinist. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1862 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270942545 Biographical Note: Eduard Reményi, an eminent violinist, was born in Hungary in 1828. In 1854, ...

Willard, Daniel, 1861-1942

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Daniel Willard was born on January 28, 1861 in Hartland, Vermont, the son of Daniel Spaulding Willard and Mary Ann Daniels Willard, farmers. In 1878, he entered the Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, but problems with his eyesight prevented him from finishing his studies there. After he left, he found a job as a track laborer on the Central Vermont Railroad, beginning a lifelong career in railroading that reached its height when he assumed the presidency of the Baltimore...