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Letter from Fleeming Jenkin, Edinburgh, to W. E. Henley, 1882 January 25 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
431359
Accession number
MA 1617.271
Creator
Jenkin, Fleeming, 1833-1885.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1882 January 25.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.3 x 12.7 cm
Notes
This letter is one of forty-nine letters from Fleeming Jenkin to Henley written between February 12, 1880 and February 13, 1883 (MA 1617.233 - MA 1617.281).
Written from "3 Great Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Commenting on a performance of the play and the audience reaction and promising to give him the end of the third act; adding, in a postscript, "Let a rumour reach Kendal or Mrs. Kendal that the play was good - damn good. Get that done as you rescue my life - I'm in correspondence with Kendal."