| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Description | Material relating to the case of Boucicault v. Hart; John Hart was a tailor whom Boucicault owed money. Item 1 -- transcript from The Times (Wednesday 2 February, 1842, page 6, col. 4) of the report on Bourcicault [sic] v. Hart before the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday, February 1st; this includes a passage on Boucicault's mother, Anna Boursiquot, testifying to his date of birth being 7th December 1820; the transcript is not always verbatim;The pages of the letter are numbered 2 and 3; there is no page 1.. Item 2 -- transcript of a letter from Dion Boucicault to the editor of The Era (Sunday 13 February, 1842, p. 6, col. 4), in which he responds to the press coverage of Boucicault v. Hart; this includes Boucicault's address at this date;. Item 3 -- transcript of a letter from John Hart to the editor of The Era (Sunday 20 February 1842, p. 5, col. 4) in response to Boucicault's letter from the previous week;. Item 4 -- a letter from the Librarian of The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, asserting that the case Bourcicault [sic] v. Hart was only reported in The Times; the letter also contains a brief discussion of Boucicault's date of birth.The letters are from the following correspondents -- Albert E. Johnson; D. V. A. Sankey, Librarian and Keeper of the records of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple |
| Related Person | Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890 |
| Boursiquot, Anna Maria, Mrs., nee Darley, d. 1879 |
| Jervis, Mr. (Dion Boucicault's counsel) |
| Humfrey, Mr. (Mr. Hart's counsel) |