Papers of Fanny Kemble, 1848-1849 [manuscript].

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Papers of Fanny Kemble, 1848-1849 [manuscript].

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The papers contain the autograph manuscripts of the poems: "The black wall flower," "Dream land," "Is the picture of a lady," "A lover to his mistress," and "A rejected lover to his mistress"; seven letters from Kemble chiefly re her house in Lenox, Massachusetts, her daughters, and her social engagements; and a letter, 1849 June 28, from George Mifflin Dallas to Theodore Sedgwick re the divorce settlement between Kemble and Pierce Butler, particularly whether or not the daughters will be able to stay with her during the summer. There is also a photograph of Kemble with a facsimile autograph. Correspondents include S.C. Bugbee and Susan Stevenson.

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Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1811-1859

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Theodore Sedgwick of Albany, NY, entered the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (forerunner of Norwich University) in 1823 and graduated in 1826. Following his graduation, he practiced law and held several offices within the federal government. Sedgwick was appointed U.S. attorney for the south...

Butler, Pierce, 1807-1867

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Bugbee, S. C.

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Stevenson, Susan.

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