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MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, chiefly of British actors, dramatists, authors, musicians, etc., addressed mainly to Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist (b. 1800, d. 1856), and to Wellington Guernsey, song-writer and composer (b. 1817, d. 1885); 1826-1892, n.d. The dated letters are arranged chronologically (ff. 1-147) and the undated ones in alphabetical order of their author's surnames (ff. 149-227). The names of the writers will be found in the Index to this Catalogue. Paper; ff. 228. Quarto. XIX cent. Presented by Mrs Jaffé through A. P. Oppé, Esq.

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includes:

f. 1 Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Letter to M. Barnett: 1826.
ff. 1-227 passim Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist: Letters to: 1826-1854, n.d.
f. 2 Frederic Reynolds, dramatist: Letter to S. Beasley: 1833.
f.3 Mars, Secretary, St James's Theatre, London: Letter to M. Barnett: 1836.
ff. 5, 8 William Thomas Moncrieff, dramatist: Letters to M. Barnett: 1836-1839.
f. 6 John Orlando Parry, actor, musician and composer: Letter to M. Barnett, signed 'Goffe': 1837.
f. 10 Charles Kemble, actor: Letter to A. Bunn: 1840.
f.12 Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist: Letter to A. Bunn: 1840.
f.13 William Lowther, Viscount Lowther; 2nd Earl of Lonsdale: Letter to M. Barnett: 1842.
f. 14 John Templeton, singer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1842.
ff. 16, 213, 214 John Oxenford, dramatist, translator and theatre critic: Letters to M. Barnett: 1842, n.d.
f. 17 Lord William Pitt Lennox, writer: Letter to S. Beazley: 1843.
f. 19 Henry Marston, actor: Letter to M. Barnett: 1843.
f. 21 Clara Anastasia Novello, afterwards Gigliucci; daughter of V Novello; soprano: Letter to M. Barnett: 1843.
ff. 23, 50, 51, 88, 173, 175-186 Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager and writer: Letters to M. Barnett: 1843-1851, n.d.
ff. 24, 47 James Wardrop, surgeon: Letters to M. Barnett: 1844-1847.
ff. 26, 191-195 William Farren, d 1861 actor; father of the following: Letters to M. Barnett: 1844, n.d.
f. 28 Charles R. [?Denby]: Letter to M. Barnett: 1844.
ff. 29, 33 Henry Colburn, publisher: Letters to NI. Barnett: 1844, 1845.
ff. 31, 77 James William Wallack, actor-manager: Letters to M. Barnett: 1845-1849.
f. 32 Thomas James Serle, actor and dramatist: Letter to M. Bamett: 1845.
f. 35 John Barnett, singer and composer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1845.
f.36 Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist: Letter to [J. Barnett?]: 1845.
ff. 37, 66, 73 Charles Eastland Michele, Editor of the 'Morning Post': Letters to M. Barnett: 1845-1849.
ff. 38, 40, 216 James Robinson Planché, Somerset Herald and dramatist: Letters to M. Barnett: 1845, n.d.
f. 41 Samuel Lover, song-writer, novelist and painter: Letter to M. Barnett: 1846.
f. 43 George William Mac-Arthur Reynolds, author: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1846.
ff. 43-219 passim Wellington Guernsey, composer: Letters to: 1846-1881, n.d.
f. 44 George Hogarth, music critic and composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Letter to M. Barnett: 1846.
f. 45 Thomas Potter Cooke, actor: Letter to M. Barnett: 1847.
f. 46 Henry Robinson Allen, singer: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1847.
f. 49 Willoughby Hunter Weiss, singer and composer: Letter to [M. Barnett?]: 1847.
f.52 Samuel Abrahams, solicitor, of London: Letter to M. Barnett: 1848.
f. 54 John Medex Maddox, theatre manager and playwright: Letter to C. E. Michele: 1848.
f. 55 George Stretton, singer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1848.
ff. 57, 61, 62 Walter Watts, theatrical manager: Letters to M. Barnett: 1848-1849.
ff. 59, 79, 106, 222, 223 Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor and dramatist: Letters to M. Barnett: 1848-1854, n.d.
f. 63 John Parry, composer and harpist; d.1782: Letter to the Editor [of the 'Morning Post'?]: 1849.
f. 65 John Braham, tenor and composer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
ff. 68, 152-154 H. B: Letters to M. Barnett: 1849, n.d.
f. 70 George Dance, dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
f. 75 George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell, author and musician: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
f. 80 James Robertson Anderson, actor and dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
f. 81 Laura Addison, actress: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
f. 83 James Kenney, dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett signed by: 1849.
f. 85 Albert Richard Smith, writer and lecturer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1849.
ff. 86, 91 John Timbs, author: Letters to M. Barnett: 1850-1851.
f.87 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1850.
f. 89 Robert Barnabas Brough, writer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1851.
f.92 Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist: Letter to B. N. Webster: 1852.
f. 94 John Palgrave Simpson, dramatist and novelist: Letter to M. Barnett: 1852.
f. 95 Charles Selby, actor and dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett: 1852.
f. 97 Morris Barnett, actor and dramatist: Letter to S. Reeves: 1852.
f.99 William Ewing, merchant, of Glasgow: Letter to W. Guemsey: 1853.
ff. 100, 169-171 Charles William Shirley Brooks, Editor of 'Punch': Letters to M. Barnett: 1853, n.d.
ff. 101, 172 John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Letters to M. Barnett: 1854, n.d.
ff. 103 John William Cole, theatre-manager and writer: Letter to M. Barnett: 1854.
ff. 104, 219 John Smith, musician: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1854, n.d.
f. 107 Charlotte Helen Dolby, singer; wife of Prosper Sainton: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1855.
f. 108 Major-General William F. Beatson: Letter to [?W. Guernsey]: 1856.
f. 109 William Vincent Wallace, violinist and composer: LettertoW. Guemsey: 1860.
ff. 111, 121 Willoughby Hunter Weiss, singer and composer: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1861-1867.
ff. 113, 114 Henry Thomas Smart, composer and organist: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1862.
f. 116 Marmaduke Blake Sampson, Argentine Consul in London: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1863.
f. 118 John Harvey Lewis, MP: Letter to W. Guemsey: 1865.
ff. 119, 138, 188 Henry Angelo Michael al. 'Grattan' Cooke, musician: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1866-1873, n.d.
f. 121 b Art. Portraits: W. H. Weiss, photogr.: circ. 1867.
f. 121 b Willoughby Hunter Weiss, singer and composer: Photograph of: circ. 1867.
f. 122 Annie Banks, singer: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1868.
f. 124 Samuel Chappell, music publisher: Letter to W. Guemsey: 1868.
f.125 Frederic Ledger, publisher of the 'Era': Letter to W. H. Glover: 1868.
ff. 126, 132 John Liptrot Hatton, composer and pianist: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1868, 1869.
f.127 Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1868.
f. 129 Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Baronet: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1868.
ff. 131, 134-137 John Barnett, singer and composer: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1868-1872.
f. 133 Joseph Bennett, music critic: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1869.
f. 140 John Francis Waller, author: Letter to Sir R. P. Stewart: 1873.
f. 141 John Francis Barnett, composer and pianist: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1874.
f.143 Richard Henry al. Hengist Horne, author: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1874.
f.144 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1874.
f.145 Carl Rosa, impresario, violinist and conductor: Letter to W. Guernsey: 1875.
ff. 146, 151 Charles Anschuez, musician: Letters to W. Guernsey: 1881, n.d.
f. 147 Ella Russell, soprano: Letter to E. Ascherberg: 1892.
f. 149 Henry Robert Addison, JP; writer and editor: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 155 Marie Effie Bancroft, née Wilton; actress and theatrical manager, wife of Sir S Bancroft: Letter to Mrs S-: aft. 1884.
f. 160 Thomas Frederick Beale, music publisher: Letter to [W. Guernsey?]: 19th cent.
f. 161 Samuel Beazley, dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 163 b Edward Belville, called 'Edward Jakobowski', composer: Letter to Maud -: late 19th cent.
f. 165 William Bayle Bernard, dramatist: Letter to J.W.Davison: n.d.
f. 166 Anna Bishop, d 1884 singer: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 168 Peter Borthwick, MP; Editor of 'The Morning Post': Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 174 Alfred Bunn, theatrical manager and writer: Letter to J. M. Levy: n.d.
f. 190 Maurice Mathew George Dowling, barrister, of Liverpool: Letter to [?M. Barnett]: n.d.
f. 197 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, d 1857 songwriter: Letter to the Editor of the'Globe',: n.d.
f. 198 May Fortescue, actress: Letter to Baron de Lesseps: bef. 1834.
f. 200 William Howard Glover, composer: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 201 John Thomas Haines, actor and dramatist: Verse letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 203 Anna Maria Hall, author: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 204 Louis Henry Lavenu, d 1859 music publisher: Letter to W. Guernsey: n.d.
f. 206 Joseph Moses Levy, d 1888 founder of the 'Daily Telegraph': Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 208 Sir George Alexander Macfarren, composer: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 210 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, d 1869 composer: Letter to M. Barnett: bef. 1856.
f. 21 1 Mary Ann Orger, d 1849 actress: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 217 Angus Bethune Reach, d 1856 dramatist: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 221 Mary Ann Stirling, d 1895 called 'Fanny Stirling', actress; wife of Sir C H Gregory, 1894: Letter to M. Barnett: n.d.
f. 225 Thomas Potter Cooke, actor: Endorsement to a letter of recommendation: bef. 1833.
f.225 Thomas Welsh, alias Welch; actor, singer and composer: Letter to J. W. Wallack recommending NI. Barnett, endorsed by T. P. Cooke: bef. 1833.
f.227 Frederick Henry Yates, d 1842 actor: Verse letter to M. Barnett: n.d.

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Start Date:

1800

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1899

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19th century

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Custodial History:

Mrs Jaffé, of Nice, France: Presented: in 1933.

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Names:

Abrahams, Samuel, solicitor, of London
Addison, Henry Robert, JP, writer and editor
Addison, Laura, actress
Allen, Henry Robinson, singer
Anderson, James Robertson, actor and dramatist
Anschuez, Charles, musician
Bancroft, Marie Effie, née Wilton, actress and theatre manager, 1839-1921
Banks, Anne M., singer, fl 1860-1870
Barnett, John Francis, composer and pianist, 1837-1916
Barnett, John, child singer; composer; writer on music, 1802-1890
Barnett, Morris, actor and dramatist, 1800-1856
Beale, Thomas Frederick, music publisher, 1804-1863
Beatson, William Ferguson, army officer, 1804-1872
Beazley, Samuel, dramatist, 1786–1851
Belville, Edward, called 'Edward Jakobowski', composer
Bennett, Joseph, music critic
Bernard, William Bayle, dramatist
Bishop, Anna, singer, d 1884
Borthwick, Peter, MP, Editor of 'The Morning Post'
Braham, John, tenor and composer, 1777-1856,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118386843,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27821078
Brooks, Charles William Shirley, Editor of Punch, 1816-1874
Brough, Robert Barnabas, writer
Buckstone, John Baldwin, called 'H Younge', actor-manager and dramatist
Bunn, Alfred, theatrical manager and writer, 1796-1860
Chappell, Samuel, music publisher
Colburn, Henry, publisher
Cole, John William, theatre-manager and writer
Cooke, Henry Angelo Michael al. 'Grattan', musician
Cooke, Thomas Potter, actor
Dance, George, Knight, dramatist, librettist, 1857-1932
Denby, Charles R., correspondent of Morris Barnett, fl 1844
Dolby, Charlotte Helen, singer, wife of Prosper Sainton, 1821-1885
Dowling, Maurice Mathew George, of Liverpool, barrister and policeman, 1788-1853
Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869
Ewing, William, merchant, of Glasgow
Farren, William, actor, 1786-1861
Fitzwilliam, Edward Francis, composer, 1824-1857
Fortescue, May, actress
Gigliucci, Clara Anastasia, née Novello, singer, 1818-1908
Glover, William Howard, composer, violinist and singer, 1819-1875
Grove, George, Knight, musicologist, 1820-1900
Guernsey, Wellington Greville Hudson, composer, poet and army officer, 1817-1885
Haines, John Thomas, actor and playwright, c 1799-1843
Hall, Anna Maria, née Fielding; writer, 1800-1881
Hatton, John Liptrot, composer and pianist, 1808-1886
Hogarth, George, music critic and composer, Sec Philharmonic Society
Horne, Richard Henry al. Hengist, author
Jaffé, Mrs, of Nice, France
Kemble, Charles, actor
Kenney, James, dramatist; of Add MS 43382
Lavenu, Louis Henry, music publisher, d 1859
Ledger, Frederic, publisher of the 'Era'
Lennox, William Pitt, writer
Levy, Joseph Moses, founder of the 'Daily Telegraph', d 1888
Lewis, John Harvey, MP; of Add MS 43382
Lover, Samuel, writer, painter and composer, 1797-1868
Lowther, William, Viscount Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
Macfarren, George Alexander, composer, 1813-1887
Maddox, John Medex, theatre manager and playwright
Mars, Secretary, St James's Theatre, London
Marston, Henry, actor
Michele, Charles Eastland, Editor of the 'Morning Post'
Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard, composer, d 1869
Moncrieff, William Thomas, dramatist
Orger, Mary Ann, actress, d 1849
Oxenford, John, dramatist translator and theatre critic
Parry, John Orlando, actor and singer, 1810-1879,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061354938
Parry, John, composer and harpist, d1782
Planché, James Robinson, playwright, 1796-1880,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120963961,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71552941
Reach, Angus Bethune, dramatist, d 1856
Reynolds, Frederic, dramatist
Reynolds, George William Mac-Arthur, author
Rodwell, George Herbert Buonaparte, author and musician
Rosa, Carl, impresario violinist and conductor
Russell, Ella, soprano
Sampson, Marmaduke Blake, Argentine Consul in London
Selby, Charles, actor and dramatist
Serle, Thomas James, actor and dramatist
Simpson, John Palgrave, dramatist and novelist
Smart, George Thomas, Knight, conductor, organist and composer, 1776-1867
Smart, Henry Thomas, composer and organist
Smith, Albert Richard, writer and lecturer
Smith, John, musician
Stirling, Mary Ann ('Fanny'), actor; wife of Sir C H Gregory, 1894, 1815-1895
Stretton, George, singer
Sullivan, Arthur Seymour, Knight, composer, 1842-1900
Templeton, John, singer
Timbs, John, author
Wallace, William Vincent, Irish violinist and composer, 1812-1865,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110616632,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/49423983
Wallack, James William, actor-manager
Waller, John Francis, author
Wardrop, James, surgeon
Waterlow, Sydney Hedley, 1st Baronet
Watts, Walter, theatrical manager
Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, actor and dramatist
Weiss, Willoughby Hunter, singer and composer
Welsh, Thomas, alias Welch; actor, singer and composer
Yates, Frederick Henry, actor, d 1842