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John Philip Kemble manuscript material.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Permit needed	Pforz MS	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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4 items

Summary

· Autograph check endorsement : 20 Mar 1802 : (MISC 0278) : on the verso of an engraved check of Mess. Hammersleys & Co. for £48:6:0; filled out by and with the signature of "R. Peake," i.e., Richard Peake, Drury Lane treasurer.
· Autograph endorsement on a manuscript verse prologue : [no date] : (MISC 0279) : attesting that the prologue was written by Mrs. Joseph LeFanu, and spoken by Kemble at a benefit for the Distressed Manufacturers in Dublin; whether the manuscript is in the hand of Mrs. LeFanu is unclear.
· To Le Professeur Levade : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Nov 1821 : (MISC 0276) : from Beausite; in French; "Je vous renvoie, avec bien des remerciments, les deux brochurs que vous avez eu la bonté de me prôter."
· To William Mudford, author and journalist : 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [1799] : (MISC 0277) : [no place] : begins, "I did myself the Honour of sending you word that I was the most unworthy Person you could pitch upon for the distinction of a dedication ..."

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Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

503558849

Author

Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.

Title

John Philip Kemble manuscript material.

Production

1799-1821

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

John Philip Kemble, English actor.

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Added Author

Peake, Richard, 1757-1829, signer.

Lefanu, Mrs. (Alicia), 1753-1817.

Mudford, William, 1782-1848, addressee

Research Call Number

Pforz MS