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Benjamin Webster signed quotation of a speech from the rivals

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    Thomas Woolnoth letter to William Upcott

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    Charles Mayne Young letter to Samuel Rogers

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    A.L.S.; removed from an album, window-mounted.

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    Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents

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    The box contains correspondence, manuscripts, and documents (mssHM 52621-62662). Some of the letters were removed from an album and are still window-mounted on larger paper.

    mssHM 52621-52662

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    Two license books of John Larpent

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    Register of licenses issued by John Larpent from Jan. 1801 to Jan 15, 1824. The entries include the names and brief descriptions of the plays for which licenses were granted, with the name of the theatre where it was to be performed, together with the entry for the license fee. In addition to the London theatres -- the Haymarket, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, the Adelphi and the Olympic -- there are entries for provincial theaters such as Norwich, Birmingham, Margate, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Hull, and Glasgow, sometimes with the name of the manager. A few plays are crossed out as "refused." There is an entry for "An address to be spoken on Master Betty's 1st appearance in London, Theatre Royal Covent Garden Dec. 1st 1804."

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    John Gorham Palfrey letter to George Washington Greene

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    An autograph letter written from Boston, Mass., from John G. Palfrey to George W. Greene, who was serving as U.S. Consul to Rome. The letter details a list of written works ordered by Palfrey but not yet paid for; he also mentions their mutual friend H.W. Longfellow. The letter has a red wax seal and was originally window-mounted; it has been removed but the old cloth hinges remain.

    mssHM 83573

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    Press cuttings album

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    This scrapbook contains clippings of articles written by and about John Hollingshead from August 17, 1902 to November 14, 1903. The articles cover several subjects including: theater in England, and more specifically the Gaiety Theater; the royal family; British politics and government; social events in London, etc.

    mssHM 78364