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Title: Edmund Kean letter to William Loveday
Creator: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
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: Kean writes to Loveday amicably to request that he "send Ryley's play up immediately." Letter contains stamps for postage and a wax seal. Letter also contains a watermark from "J. Green 1817." Last page contains faded handwritten notations and has been rotated 90 degrees to the right. Letter has been attached to another sheet for support.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00459
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2573
Language: English
Subject: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Letters
Plays
Postmarks
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Signatures (Writing)
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 16.75 x 11.75 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 10, folder 14; 3 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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