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Title: Betsy Fawcett letter to Edmund Kean, 1827 January 29
Creator: Fawcett, Betsy
Date Created and/or Issued: 1827-01-29
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: Betsy Fawcett writes a Kean a letter to request money. Fawcett argues that as she is "the only relative of your Father in existence," he should send her a sum of money to support her in her unfavorable situation. Fawcett gives her address and suggests an arranged meeting. Letter has been attached to a sheet for support. Sheet contains secondhand notations. Letter contains watermark of "Basted Mill 1824." Third image scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the right but more writing can be seen if image is rotated another 180 degrees to the right.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00478
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2643
Language: English
Subject: Asthma
Aunts
Fathers
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Money
Needlework
Signatures (Writing)
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.81 x 9.81 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 26; 3 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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