Text / Edmund Kean letter to H. Sigell, 1825 April 7

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Title: Edmund Kean letter to H. Sigell, 1825 April 7
Creator: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Date Created and/or Issued: 1825-04-07
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 writes to Sigell about his Drury Lane performance schedule and financial issues. In a postscript, Kean instructs Sigell to "see that those blasted usurers have got the bond." Letter is torn and contains a watermark for "J Green & Son 1824." Letter also contains a wax seal with the imprint of a boar visible. Postmark reads "Portsmouth." Last page has been rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00464
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2592
Language: English
Subject: Boars
Bonds
Debt
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Performances
Postmarks
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Usury
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 7.38 x 9 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 19; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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