John Howard Payne collection, 1817-1849.

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Gift of Owen Aldis, 1911. Purchased from McGirr on Plain funds, 1928.

This material is open for research.

John Howard Payne, an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had most of his theatrical career and success in London. He was born in New York City on June 9, 1791 and died in Tunis, Tunisia on April 10, 1852.

Contains writings and correspondence of John Howard Payne. The writings include a bound manuscript copy made by John Cordory of Payne's Brutus, or, the Fall of the Tarquin: an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts, dated 1818 and "Puzzle," autograph manuscript poem in the form of a riddle, undated. Correspondence, most autograph letters, signed, from Anna Mary Freeman to Payne, undated and bound; and from Payne to T. Barclay, draft, 1818 July 20; to William A. Beckett, 1818 March 21; an autograph letter, signed, to S. G. Drake, dated 1838 September 13; an autograph letter, signed, to "My dear J," dated 1822 September 23; two autograph letters, signed, to Reverend E. Mangin, dated 1817 April 5 and 15; an autograph note, signed, to Jonathan Meredith, dated 1833 September 5; an autograph letter, signed, to Colonel George P. Morris, dated 1833 February 23. Also included in the collection is a manuscript leaf from Payne's letter book, with an autograph letter, signed, from Payne to United States Secretary of State John Middleton Clayton, followed by autograph copies of manuscript letters, signed, to Clayton from Washington Irving and W. C. Hunter, dated 1849 April 4; and a manuscript draft of an advertisement for Payne's play Thérèse, undated.

December 02, 2014

John Howard Payne Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

John Howard Payne Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.