BIB_ID
411777
Accession number
MA 2968.1-5
Creator
Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831.
Display Date
1814-1827.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1970.
Description
5 items (10 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
One letter in the collection is by William Gore Elliston, R. W. Elliston's son.
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
A collection of 3 autograph letters signed by R. W. Elliston, 1 letter signed by R. W. Elliston and 1 letter by William Elliston; written between 1814 and 1827 from London and other locations in Great Britain; discussing theatrical matters, among them alterations to the Drury Lane Theater, permission to use plays and music, and the commissioning of a comic song. One letter also discusses a proposed private marriage between a illegitimate daughter of Elliston's and a young man. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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