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Autobiography of Captain John Kean of Harrisburg
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This letter is written to John Lee at Theatre Royal, Richmond, Surrey. Kean asks "What day do I open in Cheltenham?" He also complains about money and someone he calls a "stupid son of a bitch." The letter is not dated but the letter has the posted date of 1831, August 1.
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Also slip of paper with Kean's autograph, dated Feb. 28, 1825.
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The first letter was written to Mr. Boyd in the third person as Ellen Tree and not signed (HM 63345); the second was written to [Mr. Lovell] and signed Ellen Kean (HM 63346).
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The John Genest scrapbooks consist of two folio volumes, which are extra-illustrated supplements to Genest's multi-volume publication on the history of the English stage. The scrapbooks contain approximately 300 items including portrait and view prints, playbills, autographs, and 70 letters of theatrical persons; many of the later letters are addressed to Edward Smyth Pigott who was the Examiner of Plays from 1875 to 1895.
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