The autobiography of Joseph Jefferson . g. New York, May 20, OConnell, Esq., M. P., London.(Hand by Mrs. Drake.) My dear Sir : A lady of the highest standing both as agentlewoman and an actress—Mrs. Drake of the Western regionof our Western World—visits Europe and intends to make aprofessional experiment in London. I have thought I couldgreatly serve her and gratify you by making you known to eachother; and as Mrs. Drake will probably visit Ireland, I shall con-sider any attention she may receive there through you as a com-pliment from you to our repubUc, as will my countrymen.
The autobiography of Joseph Jefferson . g. New York, May 20, OConnell, Esq., M. P., London.(Hand by Mrs. Drake.) My dear Sir : A lady of the highest standing both as agentlewoman and an actress—Mrs. Drake of the Western regionof our Western World—visits Europe and intends to make aprofessional experiment in London. I have thought I couldgreatly serve her and gratify you by making you known to eachother; and as Mrs. Drake will probably visit Ireland, I shall con-sider any attention she may receive there through you as a com-pliment from you to our repubUc, as will my countrymen. is one of the few among us who are allowed by to possess first-rate talent; and the Duke of Saxe-Wei-mar, in his Travels, speaks of her with more enthusiasm than evenMrs. Trollope. I prefer, for reasons which I need not name,giving you upon this subject the opinions of foreigners, espe-cially of such as are supposed to be rather prejudiced against us. I write in great haste, being apprised of the departure of MRS. A. DRAKE. OF JOSEPH JEFFERSON 417 Drake for England only as I am myself departing for the South-ern States of America. I can only add how infinitely I shall feelobliged by any attention it may be in your power to offer She travels in company with a particular friend of hers,Mrs. White, who (with her husband, a member of the UnitedStates Congress for Florida, Colonel White) is desirous of seeingEurope. Should you meet them you may wonder a little that apart of the world so recently a wilderness should produce suchpoor specimens of savageness and unrefinement. With best and most grateful remembrances to Mrs. OConnelland all your family who may still bear me in recollection, believeme, my dear sir, with great respect. Your obliged and faithful friend and servant, Danl OConnell, Esq., M. P. J. Howard Payne. New York, 67 Varick St.,Hudson Square, Oct. 20, 1833. My dear Mrs. Drake : You will doubtless think me mostungallant in having s
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