The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]

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Title
The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
Author
Harry Watkins
Editor
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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Date
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 28, 2025.

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03 May 1854

. Pleasant—Rehearsal A.M. walking, reading, studying P.M. at Theatre 7 P.M. Benefit of Mrs Mowatt and her last appearance up on the Cincinnatti [sic Cincinnati] stage. The house was full and fashionable. At the conclusion of the performance I led her before the curtain, in response to a call. The entire audience rising in their seats and waiting for her appearance. She made a very neat and feeling speech and then retired amidst loud plaudits, making her final bow as an actress before a Cincinnatti [sic Cincinnati] audience—This is the first time that I ever had the pleasure of playing with her—and it was a pleasure, for a kinder and more agreeable lady I never met with. Madame Rumor, who knows every thing [sic everything] that is and many things which that are not, says the lady leaves the stage to make her second appearance in a domestic part——that she is to be married to Mr Ritchie, Jun (Junior) , eslipditor of the Richmond (Virginia) EnquirerKing Rene's Daughter and the Honey Moon were the pieces played

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