CIVIL WAR ERA BROADWAY THEATER STAGE ACTOR STODDART AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ANS!

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JAMES H. STODDART

(1827 – 1907)
 ESTEEMED AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA BROADWAY THEATER STAGE ACTOR, WHOSE CAREER LASTED 63 YEARS!
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AUTHOR OF “RECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAYER” PUBLISHED IN 1902, “THE SEVEN SAGAS OF PREHISTORIC MAN,” Etc.

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HERE IS AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY STODDART WITH SENTIMENT:
“With the very best wishes of
Sincerely yours
J. H. Stoddart”
On the verso is a partial typed letter form concerning a $10 subscription to the “PLAYGOERS’ CLUB” dated at Boston, Dec. 26th 1895.
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The document measures 5½” x 3¾” and is in very good+ condition, with some age spots which add character.
 
A FINE PIECE OF AMERICAN THEATER HISTORY.
1859 he was at the Winter Garden, where Dion Boucicault was the stage manager and Joseph Jefferson the leading player. There he played Lafourche in the famous production of Boucicault's The Octoroon.

From 1864 to 1866 he was at the Olympic, where he played Moneypenny in The Long Strike. In 1867 he went back again to Wallack's Theatre