Box Y.d.341(57-112)
Contains 56 Results:
Autograph letter signed from James Sheridan Knowles to John Payne Collier, 1833 April 24
Cannot express how much he values Collier's friendship.
Autograph letter signed from James Sheridan Knowles, Hereford, to John Payne Collier, 25 Euston Square, 1833 July 17
Tells of his reception in Ipswich and of his forthcoming appearance at Hereford.
Autograph letter signed from James Sheridan Knowles, New York, to John Payne Collier, 25 Euston Square, London, 1835 March 23
Relates his impressions of the United States.
Autograph letter signed from Charles Lamb to John Dyer Collier, 56 Hatton Garden, [ca.1812-ca.1813]
Recommends William Hazlitt as a reporter.
Autograph letter signed from Charles Lamb to John Payne Collier, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, 1820 May 16
Autograph letter signed from Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton, to John Payne Collier, [ca. 1832]
Collier's note: "E.L. Bulwer on the Committee and the Minor Theatres." Discusses his bill to break the monopoly of the two patent theatres, and to license minor theatres.
Autograph letter signed from William Charles Macready, White Mountains, New Hampshire, to John Payne Collier, Victoria Road, Kensington, London, 1844 August 4
Writes of his busy experiences in the United States. Comments on nature, politics, progress, the railways, and his mission "to expand and illustrate Shakespeare," which has so far been successful. Includes an anecdote about American actors' responses to Hamlet.
Autograph letter signed from Samuel Roffey Maitland, 4 Newington Terrace, Kensington Common, to John Payne Collier, 1848 March 23
Has learned that the new Archbishop of Canterbury, John Bird Sumner, has appointed his son-in-law, the Reverend John Thomas, to replace Maitland as Lambeth librarian and manuscript keeper (DNB.) Describes his move and some correspondence with his editor.
Autograph letter signed from Samuel Roffey Maitland, Gloucester, to John Payne Collier, 1854 July 22
Raises a point about Coleridge's originality.
Autograph letter signed from John Mitford to John Payne Collier, 1832 January 12
Defends his lack of "system." Includes an original poem that begins, "Sarah is married."