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Title: Betsy Fawcett letter to Edmund Kean, 1827 February 1
Creator: Fawcett, Betsy
Date Created and/or Issued: 1827-02-01
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 response letter to Edmund Kean, saying: "I cannot think it possible the answer I received on Thursday from the Theatre came from your own lips." Fawcett repeats her request for money as she suffers. She promises never to contact Edmund again if he meets with her or sends "a favorable answer." Letter contains a watermark and a wax seal. Letter has been attached to another sheet for support. Sheet contains secondhand notations. Third image scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the right. Betsy Fawcett's full name is written beneath an address and appears upside down.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00479
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2647
Language: English
Subject: Hospitals
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Money
Signatures (Writing)
Theaters
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 8.63 x 10.38 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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