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Title
Contract between Edmund Kean and Joel Edwards, 28 January 1825; 15 April 1825
Date Created and/or Issued
1825-01-28
1825-04-15
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
Two manuscripts pasted together consist of two parts of a contract. The document gives power to Kean's attorneys in a legal issue between Edwards and Kean. Document is signed by Kean three times. A witness, B. Kirkham, signs the document twice. Larger manuscript contains the details of the legal agreement. Physical characteristics of the larger document include: a wax seal, an embossing, and the watermark of "C Wilmot 1823." Smaller document also contains an embossing and lists Kean's payment schedule on the back side. Larger manuscript is dated April 15, 1825, and the smaller document is dated January 28, 1825. The following adjustments have been made to images: image two has been rotated 90 degrees to the left prior to its scan, image three has been rotated 90 degrees to the left, image four has been rotated 90 degrees to the left, image five has been rotated 90 degrees to the right, and image six has been rotated 180 degrees to the right.
Type
text
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
phl00468
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2613
Language
English
Subject
Contracts
Debt
Embossing (Printing)
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Lawyers
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Signatures (Writing)
Watermarks
Witnesses
Source
Two handwritten contracts, autographed, 8 x 3.38 inches; 9.63 x 15 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 21; 6 pages
Relation
Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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