Item 32: Letter from Ja[me]s H[enry] Hackett to L[ewis] J[acob] List, 1856 November 22
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 32
Dates
- Created: 1856 November 22
Creator
- Hackett, James Henry, 1800-1871 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8 in. x 5 in. (closed); 8 in. x 5 ⅜ in. (open)
Description:
This is a letter to W. J. Cost from James Hackett on November 22, 1856. The letter is about a person receiving a letter in Boston but they’re questioning if they sent a letter to New York if it would have gotten there quicker. The creator of this letter, James Henry Hackett, was born in New York in 1800. Hackett dropped out of college and began studying law privately. He quickly realized his passion for stage acting so he became an actor.
Location:
Planter’s Hotel; Boston
Transcription:
Planters Hotel
Sat[urda]y. Nov 22 /50
Dr sir
I don’t know when Mr. Henry Wallack is- He was at Boston & I suppose that if a letter were addressed at “Wallack’s Theater New York” it would sooner or later find him.
Yrs obed.y [your obediently]
Jas. H. Hackett.
Mr. S(?) J. Cist. }
S. Harris(?)}
Creator
- Hackett, James Henry, 1800-1871 (Person)
Repository Details
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ask.archives@wilkes.edu