Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Clayton, [1869-1877].

BIB_ID
116334
Accession number
MA 9725
Creator
Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906.
Display Date
[1869-1877].
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.7 x 11 cm
Notes
Written on stationery with blue embossed letterhead: "Gaiety Theatre, / Strand." Toole was based at the Gaiety from 1869 to 1877, making it likely that this letter was written during that period.
Addressed to "My Dear Clayton." Toole's correspondent may be the actor John Clayton (1843-1888), who performed at the Gaiety in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of John Forster, The life of Charles Dickens (London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874); Call number: 509 D548 F.
Summary
Regretting he was unable to see him on Sunday last.