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Title: Edmund Kean letter to Jack Hughes
Creator: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
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: Kean writes to Hughes, a close friend of Kean, about his performance schedule. Kean ends the letter with a reference to money he owes and wishes to pay back. Date on letter is March 27th. Frayed letter contains postmarks for "Glasgow" and a wax seal in which a boar is visible. Letter contains a watermark for "J. Green & Son 1817." Second sheet of letter is frayed. Last page of letter has been rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00460
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2584
Language: English
Subject: Boars
Debt
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Performances
Postmarks
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.5 x 9 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 15; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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