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Mostly personal correspondence and letters from admirers. Correspondence apparently regarding Mary Ellen Greville, Frances Maria Kelly's adopted(?) daughter. One letter from Frances Maria Kelly to Charles Kent, 1875, Sep. 28, regarding her version of the events that inspired Charles Lamb's "Barbara S---." Also Frances Maria Kelly's "Dramatic Recollections" notebook. Anne Jackson Mathews' notebook with material used in her biography of Charles Mathews.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1800-1883.
Call number
HM 62774(h).
Creator
Kelly, Frances Maria (1790-1882)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's, July 22, 1969.
Associated people
Essex, George Capel-Coningsby, (1757-1839.)
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