Text / Ellen Kean letter to Sydney Frances Bateman, 1876 August 9

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Title: Ellen Kean letter to Sydney Frances Bateman, 1876 August 9
Creator: Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
Date Created and/or Issued: 1876-08-09
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: In a letter, Kean gives the rights to the play "Louis XI" for a Mr. Irving to perform for five years. The letter is addressed to a Mrs. Bateman, wife of theatre manager Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman. Mrs. Bateman became a theatre manager after her husband's death. Ellen Kean includes the price of the transaction and the date when the five years shall commence. Letter contains the watermark of "J. Allen and Sons Super Fine."
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00440
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2493
Language: English
Subject: Bateman, Sidney Frances Cowell, 1823-1881
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Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
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Plays
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Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.5 x 7 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 9, folder 75; 4 pages

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