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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Macready, Tuesday [i.e., Monday 1839 July 15].

BIB_ID
301350
Accession number
MA 2096.45
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
Tuesday [i.e., Monday 1839 July 15].
Credit line
Gift of Weber de Vore, 1961.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Dating from Shattuck.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the actor William Macready. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Hertford St.
Provenance
Gift of Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Regretting that he was unable to come [to the theater] the previous evening, but intending to come the following day. Hoping that "some happy event may consistently with prudence & profit, retain [Macready] at the head of our suffering Drama."