| Description | Letter from Robert Hutton, The Poplars, Ruckinge, West Asford, Kent, grandson of Birmingham printer, Hugh Hutton to Stephen Lee, Talgarth's Well, Rhossilli, Swansea, 30 May; with envelope
This letter concerns the papers in his possession relating to the amateur performance by Charles Dickens' Amateur Theatrical Company at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham which had been handed down to him by his grandfather. He offers Lee these papers as he does not have anyone to leave them to and because of Lee's family's close connection with Birmingham
Annotations on the enevelope, presumably by a member of the Lee family, reveals another connection between the Hutton and Lee families: it appears that Robert Hutton's sister, Eileen Hutton, was Stephen Lee's governess |