BIB_ID
126788
Accession number
MA 9522.1-12
Creator
Elliston, William, 1732-1807.
Display Date
1796-1804.
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
12 items (34 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
The other side of this correspondence (Elliston's letters to his uncle, from roughly the same time period) is cataloged as MA 9513.1-23. Many of the letters in this collection are direct responses to the letters in MA 9513.1-23.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
A collection of 12 autograph letters signed, to R. W. Elliston; written between 1796 and 1804 from Cambridge and London; advising his nephew in detail on the early stages of his theatrical career and on financial matters, including investments and the management of his father's allowance; conveying and commenting on family news, including the birth of R. W. Elliston and Elizabeth Elliston's first children (the oldest child was William Elliston's god-daughter); recommending works on religion and other topics; and discussing his health and his commitments at Sidney Sussex College. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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