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A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, (1811-1856), comic writer

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Surname: A Beckett
Forenames: Gilbert Abbott
Gender: Male
Date: 1811-1856
Biography: ODNB link for Beckett, Gilbert Abbott A (1811-1856) comic writer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P155884 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P45293 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1834-48: plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add Mss 42928-43011 passim
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
2
1847-50: letters to Messrs Bradbury & Evans
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS.Eng.lett.d.396 fols. 6-17
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995