Manuscripts
Dramatic Authors' Society (England). [Meeting Minutes], D.S. (2 p.), (1834, May 29), [London (Eng.)]
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Dramatic Authors' Society (England). [Meeting Minutes], D.S. (2 p.), (1834, Feb. 27), [London (Eng.)]
Manuscripts
The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, drawings and ephemera directly related to James Robinson Planché and his work in the theatre, antiquarian pursuits, and costume expertise. Among the authors and correspondents are: John Baldwin Buckstone, William E. Gladstone, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Leigh Hunt, Ellen Kean, Frances Maria Kelly,Charles Kemble, Albert Denison (Baron Londesborough), Rosina Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton), William Charles Macready, Richard Brinsley Peake, Jane Porter, David Roberts, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Carl Maria von Weber. The other main part of the collection is material, including fragments and clipped signatures, which were collected for the autograph value only, and have no relation to Planché or his work. Among these authors and correspondents are: Adelaide, Queen consort of William IV, William Blanchard, Richard Daly, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, George III, Edwin Henry Landseer, Robert Peel, William Pitt, Lucia E.B. Vestris, and Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington). There is also a small group of letters written to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, mainly regarding Planché and his work and family. The ephemera consists of printed material, including printed play texts, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and printed musical scores.
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. To the Warden of the Stannaries in…Cornwall and Devon: [Warrant of authority to grant commissions], D.S. (4 p.), (1812, Aug. 15), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Signed by: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, as Prince Regent, and Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, 1757-1844.
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Robinson) Planché, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1850?], Apr. 29), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Signed: "Newport."
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[Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827]. To Samuel Hulse, 1747 or 8-1837, D.S. (1 p.), (1802, Apr. 10), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Note: marked "copy;" written and signed by a secretary.
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. To the Justices of Assize for the Northern Circuit, the High Sheriff of the County of Lancaster…: [Warrant to withhold execution of any sentence against James Cunningham, charged with murder], D.S. (4 p.), (1794, Mar. 4), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Signed by: Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, 1742-1811.
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[Guest, Theodora, Lady, b. 1840]. 1 letter to J. R. (James Robinson) Planché, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1866, May 31), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Signed: Theodora Grosvenor.
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