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
Print Source
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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14 September 1853

Rainy—Rehearsing, A.M. studying P.M. at Theatre 7 P.M played Gilbert in the Idiot Witness. This drama in representation ends tragically, but Mr G W Howard, who played Arnand, came near making a really tragical end of it: in making the fall, after stabbing himself, he allowed his head to strike first, and as the head had to fall some six feet it came was very near being broken by the concussion. HHoward fainted and it was some time before he was restored to consciousness—

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