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Title: Fanny Kemble letter to Reverend William Henry Furness
Creator: Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
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: Fanny Kemble writes Reverend William Henry Furness asking him to direct his attention to the "game which is being played" against her and the manner in which her children are "being strained from the poor hold" she has upon them. She discusses the reasons for her daughters' absences from Sunday School.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00301
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1692
Language: English
Subject: Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896
Butler, Pierce, 1807-1867
Families
Church
Sunday schools
Letters
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.88 x 7.63 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 11, folder 42; 8 pages

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