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Mathews Family Papers

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Mathews, Charles, 1803-1878

Charles James Mathews (1803-1878) was an English actor and stage manager.

The collection consists of papers of the Mathews family, a 19th-century English theatrical family whose members performed and wrote for the stage and achieved fame as gifted mimics and comedians. There is much correspondence between the family members: Charles Mathews, his second wife, Anne Jackson Mathews, their son, Charles James Mathews, and his wife, Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucy Vestris Mathews. Included are manuscripts of autobiographies written by both the father and son, as well as some manuscripts of monologues, songs, roles, and music. The collection also contains documents, notebooks, and newspapers clippings, and there are printed works of Charles Mathews, including comic annuals, sketches, and olios.

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Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2015.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence of Charles Mathews, including Lord Charles John Blessington, Edward Walpole, and Thomas Winstanley, as well as family members and others.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Notes: "Applicable to My Reflections as Lecturer", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Manuscript of Autobiography (Part I), undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Manuscript of Autobiography (Part II), undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Catalogue of Books, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Documents, 1797-1803. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Papers, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Blessington, Lord Charles John, 1823. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Liston, John, 1826. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mathews, William, 1790. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mayhew, [?], 1830. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Price, Stephen, 1826. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Smith, Horatio, 1828. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, John, 1823-1826. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Terry, Daniel, 1823. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters with Charles Mathews as Subject, 1831. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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2 boxes

Blessington, Lord Charles John, 1823. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Brady, [?], 1824. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Brayley, E. W., 1827. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cooper, John, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Dawkins, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mathews, Anne Jackson, 1804-1835. 5 folders.
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5 folders

Mathews, Charles James, 1824-1826. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Morrah, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Parker, [?], 1834. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Penley, J., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Robins, G. H., 1811. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stephenson, [?], undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Turmeau, [?], undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Walpole, Edward, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Webb, [?], 1819. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Winstanley, Thomas, 1830. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence of Charles James Mathews, including John Leycester Adolphus, Bellingham Graham, Edwin Landseer, Lady Margaret Blessington, and Frederick H. yates, as well as family members and others.

Physical Description

4 boxes

Autobiography: Galley Proofs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Autobiography: Notes and Clippings, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Autobiography: Manuscript (Part I-III), undated. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Diary, 1811-1828. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Notebooks, undated. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Legal Documents, 1863. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Statements of Proceedings at Hartsheath, 1827-1835. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Monologues, Songs, and Roles, 1809-1839. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Newspaper Clippings, 1834-1878. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Playbills and Handbills, 1848-1854. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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1 box

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1 box

Adolphus, John Leycester, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Angus, Samuel, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barratt, J. C., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bartley, George, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Beaufort, Thomas, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bentley, Richard, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bernard, Arthur, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bouffe, Chas, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Broderip, J., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Brooks, Shirley, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Buckstone, John Baldwin, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bulwar-Lytton, Edward, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Carr, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clawson, H. B., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Crawford, Caroline B., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cumberland, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cunnington, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Damile, W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ditchburn, Thos, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dudman, W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Earle, William, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Eastlake, C. L., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Etty, William, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fitzpatrick, M. H., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Forrester, Alfred, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Couneiseu, C. L., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Graham, Bellingham, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gunn, Michael, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harness, W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Huddleston, J. W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Jerrold, Blanchard, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Jones, C., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kemble, Adelaide, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Knowles, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lake, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lane, Richard, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Landseer, Edwin, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lemon, Mark, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lennox, William P., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lewis, G. H., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Liston, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McDonald, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

MacDonald, Julia, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

McGonagall, William, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maddox, J. M., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maddox, R. R., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Matthews, T., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Meadows, Drinkwater, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Merindale, Herman, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Millard, J. B., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mills, Henry, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mills, T. W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Molini, Charles Frederick, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Moncrieff, William, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morgan, J. M., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morris, D. E., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morrison, Robert, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mortimer, James, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morton, John Maddern, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mulock, Thomas, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Murray, [?], undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Manini, Anna, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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1 box

New York Club, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oliveri, M., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oxenford, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Prince of Wales [later Edward VII], undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Regnier, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sothern, A., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stacey, Mary Anne, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Tooles, J. W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vining, George J., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vining, James, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wallack, Lester, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Watkins, W., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wigan, Alfred, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wills, William Henry, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Winstanley, Thos, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Yates, Frederick H., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, 1826-1854. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Bartley, George, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Blessington, Lady Margaret, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bond, F., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Broderigo, Francis, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Buckstone, John Baldwin, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapman, T. K., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Coakley, T., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cooper, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Davis, A., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fawcett, John, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Gilbert, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gordon, Lady [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hollingshead, John, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Jerrold, Blanchard, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kean, Charles, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kemble, Adelaide, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Lacey, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Macready, William Charles, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Matthews, T., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Merindale, Herman, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Molesworth, William, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Moncrieff, William, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Montague, H. J., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Morrisson, Robert, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mortimer, James, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Oxberry, William Henry, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Prince of Wales [later Edward VII], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Purves, Home, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Saker, Edward, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Teasdale, Major [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tisdall, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tozer, W. I., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Vining, George, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wright, Rev. G. W., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wilson, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Winstanley, Thomas, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Yates, Frederick H., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mathews, Anne Jackson, 1823-1856. 4 folders.
Physical Description

4 folders

Mathews, Charles, 1823-1828. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mathews, Eliza Vestris, 1856. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Letters from Lancaster Prison.

Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, 1832-1877. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence of Anne Jackson Mathews, including John Poole, Daniel Terry, and James R. Planche, as well as family members and others.

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Adolphus, John Leycester, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

D'Eguille, C., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Mountain, [Mrs.] Rosoman, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Poole, John, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pugin, Augustus, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Terry, Daniel, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arnold, S. J., 1839-1867. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

[See separate folder]

Physical Description

1 folder

Blessington, Lord Charles John and Lady Margaret, 1830-1847. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

[See separate folder]

Physical Description

1 folder

Purvues, Home, 1823-1844. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

[See separate folder]

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

Mathews, Charles James, 1823-1869. 5 folders.
Physical Description

5 folders

Planche, James R., 1843. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, 1815. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with Henry Bishop, James Cartwright, Charles James Mathews, and George Vanderhoff.

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Bishop, Henry R., undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Cartwright, James, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

D'Orsay, [?], undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Royal Olympic Theatre, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Vanderhoff, George, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

Mathews, Charles James, 1853. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, 1819. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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