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Title: John Howard Payne letter to C.M. Westmacott
Creator: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
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: Payne writes to Westmacott from Selby's to notify him of his arrest and detainment for debt. Payne leased Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1820 but failed to pay back his debt.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00738
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/4495
Language: English
Subject: Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1787 or 1788-1868
Letters
Autographs
Actors
Authors
Prisons
Debt
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph Letters box 15, folder 3; 1 leaf
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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