Text / Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton, 1891 February 19

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Title: Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton, 1891 February 19
Creator: Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-02-19
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Booth writes from the home of the Players at 16 Gramercy Place in reply to Boughton's letter and discusses mutual friends: the declining health of the artist Launt Thompson, the recent death of painter Jervis McEntee, and actor Thomas Doggett's visit to Booth. Written two years before Booth's death, the letter mentions his poor but improving health.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00098
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1253
Language: English
Subject: Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Letters
Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905
Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894
McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891
Players (Club)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 36; 4 pages

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