BIB_ID
120947
Accession number
MA 2096 and MA 2097
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
1836-1866.
Credit line
MA 2096.1-55: Gift of Weber deVore, 1961.
Description
1 box (106 items, ca. 372 p.) ; size varies
Notes
Collection consists of 106 letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the English actor William Macready. Letters have been separately described in 106 catalog records (MA 2096.1-55 and MA 2097.1-52); see related records for more information.
Letters have been annotated in pencil with the relevant Shattuck entry number.
Most signed with initals; many with addresses.
Letters have been annotated in pencil with the relevant Shattuck entry number.
Most signed with initals; many with addresses.
Provenance
MA 2096.1-55: Gift of Weber deVore in 1961. MA 2097.1-52: Purchased on the Fellows Fund from Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Principally concerning the writing and production of his plays and Macready's appearances in them.
Housed in
1/2 maroon leather box (29.2 cm)
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