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Title: Transcript of Edwin Booth letter to George Boughton
Creator: Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
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: Booth writes from Piccadilly to regret he has not had time to visit Boughton and invites him to the theatre to see him. A note from Norman Philbrick in the same folder states that the original letter was once in his possession but that he sent it as a gift to the library of the Players (which Edwin Booth founded).
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00087.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1243
Language: English
Subject: Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Letters
Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905
Source: Typewritten transcript: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 1, folder 34; 1 page
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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