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Autograph letters signed from Anne Benson Procter, North Berwick, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1879-1887.

Procter, Anne Benson, 1799-1888, sender.; Procter, Edythe, -1885, correspondent.; Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893, addressee.
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Autograph letters signed from Anne Benson Procter, North Berwick, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1879-1887.
Description
38 items.
Associated name
Procter, Anne Benson, 1799-1888, sender.
Procter, Edythe, -1885, correspondent.
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893, addressee.
Summary
Letter on p. 205 written and signed by Anne Procter and her daughter, Edythe. There are many references to contemporary authors, including Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, Bret Harte, Henry James and William Makepeace Thackeray. In one (p. 175) she comments on Tennyson's simple, honest and straightforward style. In two (p. 161-63) she mentions Adelaide Sartoris' death.
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In
Letters to and from Fanny Kemble,
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Aberdeen.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- North Berwick
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
W.b.598, p. 161-233

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