Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Fanny Kemble letters
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
4078977
MS#0699
English
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1 volume
1 volume
1848-1860
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Summary
Letters written by Frances Anne Kemble to Charles Sedgwick and his wife. The letters largely relate to personal matters.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Fanny Kemble letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Hazard, Mrs. Frederick R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1930. Accession number--M-30.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Cataloged in January of 1955.
Encoded by Patricl Lawlor in January of 2001.
Call Number
X825 K31.S6
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Biographical / Historical
Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 - 15 January 1893) was a celebrated actress, author and reader. Born in London she and her father Charles Kemble came to America in 1832 where she immediately achieved acclaim on the stage.
Despite her succcess as an actress she disliked acting and after her marriage she gave up the stage and lived on her husband's plantation in Georgia. The first-hand experience of slavey disgusted Kemble and she wrote about it in Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation, 1863. After her divorce from her husband she supported herself by giving readings from Shakespeare in both America and England.
She took up residence in Lenox MA and turned it into a fashionable summer literary resort.
Sedgwick, Charles, 1791-1856
Sedgwick, Charles, Mrs., 1801-1864
X825 K31.S6Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick], [n.p.][n.d.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick], Lenox, [MA]Thursday 28th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], New York[n.d.]2 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Trenton Falls, NYSaturday 4th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], New YorkFriday April 13th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], [n.p.][n.d.]2 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Trenton Falls, NY[n.d.]4 page a.l.s.Scope and Contents[Mutilated]
Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Sunday 17th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Scope and Contents[Mutilated]
Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Buffalo, [NY]Friday 8th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Rochester, [NY]Thursday 10th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Buffalo, [NY]Sunday 12th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], BostonSunday June 4th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], BuffaloTuesday 14th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox [MA]Sunday 26th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], [n.p.][n.d.]1 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Sunday 19th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]September 7th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Saturday 16th [1860?]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Saturday 16th4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], [n.p.][n.d.]1 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], GeorgetownTuesday 4th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Sunday 6th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Lenox, [MA]Sunday 15th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], BostonWednesday 8th [n.y.]8 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], [n.p.][n.d.]5 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], GeorgetownSunday 11th [n.y.]4 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], GeorgetownWednesday 18th [n.y.]2 page a.l.s.Kemble, Frances Anne To [Charles Segwick and his wife], Topeka, [KS]Wednesday July 12th [n.y.]8 page a.l.s.