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Title: Fanny Kemble letter to an unnamed friend
Creator: Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Date Created and/or Issued: probably 1886 or 1887
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 from South Kensington to an unnamed friend saying that she is looking forward to receiving a book and owes much to her friend's help. Kemble mentions Sarah and Fanny Leigh, and speaks of her health at the age of 78. The unnamed friend is probably the Reverend William Henry Furness. The pages are torn. The letter contains notations by a second hand. The page 2 and page 4 scans were rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00311
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1773
Language: English
Subject: Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Books
Health
Families
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896
Letters
Place: South Kensington (London, England)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.5 x 7 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 11, folder 52; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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