Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness [of Abercorn], [1812] Sept. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness [of Abercorn], [1812] Sept. 2.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747035110

Saying that they traveled to Edinburgh to see [Charles] Kemble on the stage, and praising his performance; describing his farm and how the family is squeezed into the old farmhouse until the new cottage is built; discussing his attempts to learn about "shrubs and trees especially those that are not indigenous" in preparation for landscaping the estate; mentioning his work on Rokeby.

1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854

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British actor, theater manager, and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Dickens, 1854 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485468 Charles Kemble (1775-1854) was a British actor and younger brother of John Philip Kemble. From the description of Letter by Charles Kemble to Alexander Murray, 1823. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80909948 Irish-English actor....

Abercorn, Anne Jane Hamilton, Marchioness of, 1763-1827,

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