Box Y.d.341(113-172)
Contains 60 Results:
Autograph letter signed from Sir Robert Peel, Whitehall, to John Payne Collier, [ca.1827-ca.1838]
Thanks him for sending the prospectus of a new edition of Shakespeare and wishes him success in completing it.
Autograph letter signed from Sir Robert Peel, Whitehall Gardens, to John Payne Collier, 1831 June 28
Thanks him for the copy of Collier's History of English Dramatic Poetry and Annals of the Stage.
Autograph letter signed from Sir Robert Peel, Whitehall, to John Payne Collier, 1835 February 10
Thanks him for sending him a copy of his new tract (presumably New Facts Relating to the Life of Shakespeare (1835)).
Autograph letter signed from Sir Robert Peel, Whitehall, to John Payne Collier, 1838 January 17
Thanks Collier for sending a copy of his new work. Assures him that his position as editor of the Morning Chronicle does not damage Peel's opinion of him, and that he distinguished himself at the House of Commons.
Autograph letter signed from James Robinson Planché, Brompton Crescent, to John Payne Collier, 19th Century [ca. 1847?]
Dated August 12. Regrets that he will not be able to attend a Shakespeare Society event.
Autograph letter signed from John Poole, Brighton Post Office, to John Payne Collier, [1831-ca.1836]
Refers to young Betty - the son of Roscius - and his promise as an actor.
Autograph letter signed from John Poole, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, to the editors of the Sunday Times, 1831 July 30
Defends the originality of his own play "Madame DuBarry."
Autograph letter signed from John Poole, Garrick Club, to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle [John Payne Collier], 1832 March 20
Blames comedian John Liston for the failure of his play "The Young Hopefuls" at the Olympic Theatre on March 15, 1832 and vows he will never write for him again.
Autograph letter signed from John Poole, Brighton, to unidentified recipient, [between 1831 and 1836?]
Addressed to "Madam" and dated "Friday." Regrets that he will not be able to dine with her.
Autograph letter signed from Angus Bethune Reach, 13 Arundel Street, Strand, to John Payne Collier, 1845 October 17
Asks Collier to send a recommendation to Sir Henry Ellis at the British Museum so that he may obtain a new reading ticket.