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 with initials : Leominster, to William Macready, 1848 Dec. 16.

BIB_ID
301481
Accession number
MA 2097.47
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
1848 Dec. 16.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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
Regarding Macready's disastrous farewell tour of America, refuting some of the claims made against Macready. Assuring him that "I have that confidence in the American Public, that I feel perfectly persuaded it will rally round you, with regret & even shame at so unworthy a calumny from a part of its population."