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Box 8

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Ms.L.S. (3d person) to Trustees of Theatre; Boston, 5 April 1808

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 51, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Requests rent-free use of lobbies for remainder of season to make possible payment of overdue rent. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 5 April 1808
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / North, Stephen

A.L.S. to William Thompson; Providence, 5 September 1828

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 13, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Confirms engagement as actor and requests half the receipts of benefit. 1s. (3p.)

Dates: 5 September 1828
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Brown, John Mills, d.1859

A.L.S. [to a Trustee of Theatre]; [Boston?], 3 November 1829

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 14, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Excuses himself from trustees' meeting, asks to be excused from trusteeship entirely. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 3 November 1829
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Buckingham, Joseph Tinker, 1779-1861.

A.L.S. to Theatre; Washington [D.C.], 4 December 1828

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 15, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Requests that privelege of free admission be transferred to son George S. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 4 December 1828
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844.

A.N.S. to Trustees of Theatre; [Boston], 25 July 1807

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 19, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Seeks allowances for damages from overflowed drain. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 25 July 1807
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Deverell, John

A.L.S. to Trustees of Theatre; [Boston], 3 January 1821

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 21, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Requests them to propose more favorable terms for leasing Theatre. 1s. (3p.)

Dates: 3 January 1821
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Dickson, James A., 1774-1853

A.N.S. to William Thompson; Providence, 2 March 1829

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 22, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges proposal. 1s (2p.)

Dates: 2 March 1829
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Dinneford, William, d. 1852.

A.N. (3d person) to William Thompson; Baltimore, 10 October 1828

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 23, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges offer of engagement, requests half receipts of benefits. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 10 October 1828
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Emery, Eliza, d. 1832.

A.N.S. to manager of Theatre; Boston, 9 January 1829

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 28, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Resigns hope of remaining with company, requests one week's salary. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 9 January 1829
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Foot, John Forrester

A.L.S. to Elisha Sigourney; New York, 9 January 1798

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 34, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Refuses managership of theatre due to commitment in New York, hopes for union of Theatre with Haymarket. 1s. (4p.)

Dates: 9 January 1798
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Hodgkinson, John, 1767-1805.

A.L.S. to Trustees of Theatre; Boston, 5 May 1852

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 35, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Requests that he be absolved of certain due rent. 1s. (3p.)

Dates: 5 May 1852
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Johnson, James B.

Ms.L. (Thomas Kilner, H.J. Finn) to Samuel Henshaw; [Boston], 14 October 1826

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 39, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Seeks immediate resolution of negotiations for lease of Theatre. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 14 October 1826
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Kilner, Thomas, 1777-1862.

A.L.S. to William Thompson; Philadelphia, 10 April 1829

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 4, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Accepting engagement at Theatre, requesting benefit. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 10 April 1829
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Barbere, J.

Ms.N. (3d person) to Trustees of Theatre; [Boston], 8 January 1798

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 5, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Requesting answer to application for managership. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 8 January 1798
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Barrett, Giles Leonard, 1744-1809.

Ms.L. (copy) to John Hodgkinson; Boston, 20 March 1798

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: L 7, Item: 2
Call Number: MS Th. 1
Scope and Contents

Acknowledging his acceptance of managership. 1s. (2p.)

Dates: 20 March 1798
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS Th. 1, Boston Theatre (Federal Street) Records / Bartlett, Thomas