Francis Henry Jenks was a 19th century theater critic

Critic

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 in Boston

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 whose work appeared in the Boston Globe, The Boston Daily Advertiser

Boston Daily Advertiser

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, The Boston Courier and The Boston Evening Transcript

Boston Evening Transcript

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newspapers, The New England magazine, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

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, and other publications.

Jenks was music and dramatic editor of The Boston Evening Transcript

Boston Evening Transcript

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from 1881 to 1894.
Jenks donated a number of theater-related items to the collection of the Boston Athenæum

Boston Athenæum

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. Some correspondence between Jenks and William Ellery Channing

William Ellery Channing

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 is in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society

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