Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors . eech, Great Hannibal himself a Mr. H 298 LIFE OF JEFFERSON WILLIAM WARREN My chronicles of the Jefferson Family of Actors, when, inanother form, they were first published (1881), were dedicatedto the comedian William Warren, now dead and gone. Thatdedication, together with Warrens letter accepting it, mayappropriately be preserved in this place. GHjfe iHemortal of the Mfersons IS DEDICATED BY ITS AUTHORTO THEIR FAMOUS KINSMAN WILLIAM WARREN, ACTOR, SCHOLAR, AND COMRADE, WHOSE QU
Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors . eech, Great Hannibal himself a Mr. H 298 LIFE OF JEFFERSON WILLIAM WARREN My chronicles of the Jefferson Family of Actors, when, inanother form, they were first published (1881), were dedicatedto the comedian William Warren, now dead and gone. Thatdedication, together with Warrens letter accepting it, mayappropriately be preserved in this place. GHjfe iHemortal of the Mfersons IS DEDICATED BY ITS AUTHORTO THEIR FAMOUS KINSMAN WILLIAM WARREN, ACTOR, SCHOLAR, AND COMRADE, WHOSE QUAINT AND TENDER GENIUS IN DRAMATIC ART HAS GIVEN HAPPINESS TO THOUSANDS, AND WHOSE EXALTED VIRTUES AND GENTLE LIFE HAVE MADE HIM AN EXAMPLE AND AN HONOUR TO THE STAGE AND THE COMMUNITY. * Augusta, Maine, May 31, Dear Winter: Your kind letter came to me last night, atBangor. I do accept, with my best thanks, the proffered courtesy of thededication of your coming book, the Biography of the Jefferson Family ofActors. Wishing you every success, in that, and all things,Believe me, ever yours, William WILLIAM LIFE OF JEFFERSON 299 Some account of Warren has been given in this book (seepages 56, 57). On October 27, 1882, the comedian com-pleted his fiftieth year upon the stage. Commemorative per-formances were given at the Boston Museum, on Saturdayafternoon and evening, October 28. Warren played in the afternoon and Sir Peter Teazle at night; andafter the public ceremonials were ended a party of his friendswaited upon him, at his lodgings, No. 2 Bulfinch place, andconveyed to him a loving-cup, made of silver and gold,bearing this inscription : — TO WILLIAM WARREN, ON THE COMPLETION OF HIS FIFTIETH YEARUPON THE STAGE,OCT. 27, JOSEPH JEFFERSON JOHN McCULLOUGH EDWIN BOOTH LAWRENCE BARRETT MARY ANDERSON The committee having charge of this gift comprised James , Nathan Appleton, F. G. Vinton, R. M. Field, T. , and the wri
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