The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
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- The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
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- Harry Watkins
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- Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
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- Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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- July 22, 1853
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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.
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for two nights—Feeling in a charitable vein I will not expatiate upon old Bates' s feelings in regard to the death of his wife—as to which causes him the most uneasiness, the loss of wife or the money lost by closing the Theatre—This morning while in conversation while I was standing in conversation with Mrs Mowatt and some others—Sarzedas came up, and, calling me aside, asked if I positively intended leaving on Monday, on being answered in the affirmative—he said that I had better remain a little longer and I …slipwould find things different from what they had been. that he had been obliged to do many things that which, he we now regretted—if I would stay I should have all the leading business; …slipthe parts belonging to me but which had been played by others should be given up to me—likewise I should be taken out of any part that I did not wish to play: he expressed himself as willing to make every reasonable concession. Here is a complete somersault—a few days since—before I resigned my situation—he did everything in his power to injure me—now he will do everything to please me—anything if I will only but stay. This singular change in his conduct can only be accounted for by supposing that the master whom he serves with such abject subserviency has ordered him to pursue this course. I gave no satisfaction as to what I intended doing but finding a chance to walk off did so. Sarzedas called to me as I went "to think it over"