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Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [Brooklyn]
Recipient: Reid, (Jo) Whitelaw >>
Address: -
Date: [1883], [Dec.], [30] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Irving will be in New York that week and hopes to see him. He values his good opinion and that of the American people, therefore must state that the inventor of the telegram from Baltimore in that day's 'Tribune' is no friend. It is completely untrue that he said that Americans were not yet educated to appreciate artistic ability, as is also the statement about the ghost in 'Hamlet'.
Published: -
Notes: A draft, not addressed to Reid personally, and related to Letter 5885. Reid was proprietor of the 'New York Tribune'.
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/8/468)
Ref.No: 6900    
Author: Abbey, Henry Eugene >>
Address: New York C. (Western Union.)
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: English Opera House, Indianapolis
Date: [1884], [Feb.] 
Document Type: Telegram
Content Summary: Other party will accept Cincinnati & New York arrangement he spoke about on Sunday. Couldn't Irving remain 2 weeks longer in US. He offers £6000 to Irving , Ellen Terry & Company. It will not interfere with other engagements as New York affair would not be mentioned till last week at Star [Theatre]. Would be recognised as graceful & fitting end to prosperous tour. Think over carefully that day and telegraph that night care Grand Opera House, New York.
Published: -
Notes: With an envelope. Abbey's proposal, including an appearance at the Cincinnati Festival.
Document Holder: SCL (Reference: RL2/6/305(1 & 3))
Ref.No: 6730    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: The Brunswick, Boston
Recipient: Austin, Louis Frederick >>
Address: -
Date: 1884, March, 2 Sunday
Document Type: Letter (8 p.)
Content Summary: (Written on train going to Washington.) Has sent cable which will surprise him, announcing their return there the next September. He wants to reap the seed he has sown. Triumph complete and country captured. Ellen Terry better than ever. 7 performances at Astor Theatre in Boston made £4,800. On return Irving will be his own manager and have no middleman. Next tour will be easier re travel - work very heavy, no spare time. Will Austin write him a speech for Theatrical Fund dinner? He refers to Brereton's cook, and asks for news of the Grange. Criticises American critics: Towse, critic of 'NY Evening Post' should be called 'Lowse'. There is jealousy of an English 'Hamlet'. Snow heaviest for 20 years. Send letters to Brevoort House [New York] for a month, then they head for England. (Postscript:) Charlie sends his love. Remember him to Mrs Dobbin and Mrs Cook.
Published: L. Irving, p 431-33 (extract), Brereton, Vol. II, p.58.
Notes: Typed transcript with errors in THM/37/1/24 mistakenly puts letter as from 'H.B.Irving'. The Grange was Irving's house at Brook Green. Charlie was Irving's dog, a Skye terrier. The two women were his housekeepers.
Document Holder: HTC (Reference: Irving Scrapbook)
Ref.No: 183    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Recipient: Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet >>
Address: -
Date: [1884?] 
Document Type: Misc.Document (6 p.)
Content Summary: Rough notes on Irving's 13 years at the Lyceum, and position and importance on the English stage; the effect of his absence and his absolute control of direction. He is glad to see his example is being followed. Shakespeare is mentioned, with a reference to 'Twelfth Night' towards the end.
Published: -
Notes: An incomplete unstructured draft possibly for an article for 'The Fortnightly' or possibly quotations from reviews. Irving refers to himself in the third person and sometimes by his initials. Not addressed to Escott, but preserved among his papers. It might be a suggestion for Edward Russell's 'Irving's work' published in September 1884.
Document Holder: BL (Reference: Add.MS.58782.f.23.)
Ref.No: 6143    
Author: Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington >>
Address: [London?]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [London?]
Date: [1884?] 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Apologies but must refuse Irving's invitation because of business matters. Looks forward to seeing Irving at his house when he has a spare evening.
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/24)
Ref.No: 1543    
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