Text / John Baldwin Buckstone letter, 1871 January 10

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Title: John Baldwin Buckstone letter, 1871 January 10
Creator: Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879
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: Buckstone writes to W.L. Bell, Esq. from Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, concerning "Some account of the English stage" and some information that book provided about the actor Edmund Kean's first appearance in "Revenge," a play by Joanna Baillie. Buckstone says that he will provide more information about a different Kean performance after contacting another friend to ask. Buckstone signature appears on third page. Embossing appears at top center of first page. Fourth page bears marks of previous affixation.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00574
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3148
Language: English
Subject: Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879
Embossing (Printing)
Signatures (Writing)
Genest, John, 1764-1839
Bath (England)
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Kent (England)
Bell, W. L. (Washington Lovett), 1803-1867
Letterheads
Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
Source: Handwritten letter, 7 x 4.375 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 2, folder 26; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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