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Autograph letter signed with initials : Margate, to William Macready, Sunday [1841 Aug. 9].

BIB_ID
301429
Accession number
MA 2097.22
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
Sunday [1841 Aug. 9].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks.
Dating from postmarks.
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.
Provenance
Purchased from Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Discussing his "researches on Athenian manners," noting that there is nothing but occasional witticisms to be gained from Aristophanes. Alluding to creating modern adaptations of the Greek plays.