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Name Mayhew, Augustus, writer of plays

1. Add MS 39954

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NON-SCIENTIFIC correspondence of Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., Superintendent of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum 1856-1883, with occasional draft replies in Owen's hand, circ. 1838-1889. Prefixed are a few earlier letters (from 1817) chiefly addressed to Owen's father-in-law, W. Clift, naturalist. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among them are:-- John Abernethy (to Clift). Sir William George Armstrong. Alexander Bain. Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Mary Eliz...
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Sir Richard Owen, KCB; naturalist: Correspondence (non-scientific): circ. 1838-1889. includes: f. 1 John Abernethy, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. ff. 4, 6 John Thomson, surgeon, of Edinburgh: Letters to W. Clift: 1822, 1824. f. 8 James Wardrop, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1825. f. 9 Euge...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
c 1838-1889
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1 item

2. Add MS 42713

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Vol. II, ff. 239. includes: ff. 1, 2 Sir Edward William Brabrook, FSA: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1868. ff. 3, 5, 20 George Henry Andrews, artist; FRGS: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1868-1871. f. 7 John Stirling, artist: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1868. ff. 9, 68 Sir Joshua Girling Fitch, school inspector...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1903
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1 item

3. Add MS 43035

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CLXXI (ff.1001). May-July 1851. (1) 'Embrassons-nous Folleville!', by E. M. Labiche and P. C. J. A. Lefranc. French. Printed (n.d.). ff. 1-22b. (2) 'Roméo et Marielle', by 'P. F. Pinel Dumanoir', P. Siraudin and L. I. E. Lemoine Moreau. French. Printed (1850). ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
May 1851-Jul 1851
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1 item

4. Add MS 43036

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CLXXII (ff. 1122). July-Sept. 1851. (1) 'My Dearest Anna Maria', by P. H. Hatch. ff. 3-38. (2) 'The Chateau of Valenza', by J. Courtney. ff. 39-53. (3) 'Death and the Lady or the Visions of a Night'. ff. 54-90. (4) 'The Triumph of Temperance or the Pledge o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1851-Sep 1851
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1 item

5. Add MS 43037

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CLXXIII (ff. 1009). Sept.- Nov. 1851. (1) 'King Liberty or the Devil in the Heart'. ff. 3-59. (2) 'The Forest Rose' ('The Forest Rose and the Yankee Ploughboy'), by S. Woodworth. ff. 60-94b. (3) 'Emma Hardy or the Murder of Leyburn Mill'. ff. 95-145 b. (4) ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1851-Nov 1851
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1 item

6. Add MS 52984 M

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‘The goose with the golden eggs’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 31 August 1859 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 654. Keywords: lawyers, clerks, courtship, women reading, food and eating, inheritance, family relationships, betti...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1859
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1 item

7. Add MS 52989 B

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'The Christmas box system' (Christmas boxes), farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cuts made in pencil. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 685 as Christmas boxes. Keywords: music, marital relationships, eavesdropping. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1860
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1 item

8. Add MS 53138 H

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'He's Coming via Slumborough, Snoozleton and Snoreham', by F. C. Burnand
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'He's Coming via Slumborough, Snoozleton and Snoreham', by F. C. Burnand. PLay read 15 May 1874 for a licence to perform at the St. George's Theatre. 46 folios.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
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1 item