Autograph Letters Signed from Douglas Taylor to William Winter


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Mostly concerning theatrical matters and Winter's criticisms. (2) is on the death of Augustin Daly and several letters mention Daniel Frohman. (1) on letterhead of The Dunlap society, New York; (2) addressed from Sag Harbor, L.I.; (3-4) on letterhead of the Loon Lake House, Loon Lake, N.Y.; (5-8) on letterhead of 333 West 22nd. Street; (9) a typed letter, forwared to Winter, on letterhead of Unitt & Wickes New York, from Edward G. Unitt, New York, to Douglas Taylor regarding the full names of the scenic artists for Edwin Booth, Chas. Warren Witham and Henry Hilliard. With an accompanying envelope addressed to Taylor at 333 West 22nd. St., City. A short note is written on the front of an envelope: "Dear W.W. My friend Ned Unitt I knew could get us the names of the old scene painters. Ever D.T. Nov. 18."










Autograph Letters Signed from Donald Robertson, New York, to William Winter


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(1) Asks Winter to look at three sonnets and hopes he will find a place for them in his dramatic notes. On letterhead of the Hotel Viano, New York; (2) Robertson writes that bad bookings and bad business have compelled him to close his season for a time and asks Winter if the enclosed sonnets "are worth anything to the magazine" [no longer here]. On letterhead of the Third Annual Tour, Donald Robertson and Miss Brandon Douglas; addressed from Taylor Ave. & East 184th St., New York.




Autograph Letters Signed from Douglas Sladen, New York, to William Winter


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(1) Sladen writes that Winter will occupy a prominent position in his book and asks to see Winter in Staten Island; a clipping from the New York Independent on Sladen's Younger American poets is pasted on the first leaf. (2) He will send the "Black Prince" tomorrow; he thinks Ellen Terry would make an ideal "Fair Maid of Kent." Sladen also asks where he could get the best newspaper sketch of Winter for his scrapbook. With (2) is a one page proof from Younger American poets, which includes "The light of the house," by Louise Imogen Guiney. A manuscript note from Sladen on the proof: "Dear Mr. Winter, This is the poem your lost Arthur recalled to me." Both letters on stationery of Douglas Sladen, with stamped address: 20 East 32nd Street, New York.