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Box Y.d.341(1-56)

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Autograph letter signed from Charles Dickens, 1 Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, Regents Park, to John Payne Collier, 1841 November 27

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (41)
Scope and Contents

Supports Collier's pamphlet, [Reasons for a New Edition of Shakespeare, 1841.]

Dates: 1841 November 27
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Letter signed from Charles Dickens, 1 Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, Regents Park, to John Payne Collier, 1842 July 7

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (42)
Scope and Contents note

Printed circular letter. Describes his efforts in America to secure an international copyright agreement between Britain the United States. The letter "got into American newspapers alongside a forged letter in which he was maliciously represented as branding America a country of gross manners and squalid money-making" (DNB.)

Dates: 1842 July 7
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Papers concerning the proposal to endow a curatorship for Shakespeare's house, 1848 [October 14]

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (43)
Scope and Contents

Autograph of Charles Dickens. Signed by Charles Dickens. Resolutions agreed to at a meeting of the Amateur Company at the house of Charles Dickens, Devonshire Terrace, relating the proposal to endow a curatorship for Shakespeare's house, to be held by Mr. Sheridan Knowles. (See Y.d.341 (44-45.))

Dates: 1848 [October 14]
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Papers concerning the proposal to endow a curatorship for Shakespeare's house, 1848 October 16

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (44)
Scope and Contents note

Autograph of Charles Dickens. Signed by Charles Dickens. Sent to the subcommittee of the Shakespeare House, proposing the endowment of a curatorship for Shakespeare's house, to be held by Mr. Sheridan Knowles (see Y.d.341 (43, 45.)

Dates: 1848 October 16
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Accounts and balance sheet for the Shakespeare Curatorship, 1848-1849

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (45a-b)
Scope and Contents note

Accounts and balance sheet for the Shakespeare Curatorship (see Y.d.341 (43-44.))

With envelope endorsed by Charles Dickens, addressed to the Sub-committee of the Shakespeare House.

Dates: 1848-1849
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Autograph letter signed from John Dickens, 90 Fleet Street, to John Payne Collier, 1845 October 24

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (46)
Scope and Contents note

Collier's note: "From the Father of Charles Dickens just previous to the establishment of the 'Daily News' in the end of 1845." Informs Collier that Charles Dickens will edit the new liberal Daily News.

Dates: 1845 October 24
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Autograph letter signed from John Doran, 33 Landsdowne Road, Notting Hill W, to John Payne Collier, 1872 January 24

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (47)
Scope and Contents

Thanks him for sending the third part of his "Diary." Discusses a French vaudeville show by Carmouche and the relative appearances and abilities of several actresses, including Miss Frances Kelly.

Dates: 1872 January 24
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Autograph letter signed from John Doran, 33 Landsdowne Road, Notting Hill W, to John Payne Collier, 1872 July 10

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (48)
Scope and Contents note

Thanks him for sending the part of his "Diary," asks for a photograph of Collier for the frontispiece.

Dates: 1872 July 10
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Autograph letter signed from Edward DuBois, 6 John Street, Adelphi, to John Payne Collier, 1841

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (49)
Scope and Contents note

Collier's note: "Another of 'My Pocket Book' and a great humourist." Titled "Case for the Opinion of Mr. Collier." Asks whether he can continue to receive tracts from the Camden Society as the executor of subscriber Thomas Hill.

Dates: 1841
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

Autograph letter signed from Edward DuBois, Office of the Metropolitan Lunacy Commission, 6 John Street, Adelphi, to John Payne Collier, 1842 March 19

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (50)
Scope and Contents

Thanks Collier for his "Opinion" (see Y.d.341 (49)); humorously threatens the Camden Council if they do not agree with Collier.

Dates: 1842 March 19
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / C65663, John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

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