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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Silsby, Seneca Falls, New York [manuscript], 1886 December 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Silsby, Seneca Falls, New York [manuscript], 1886 December 25.

Rolfe is very happy to have [Mrs. Brut's?] book which he will commend to lovers and students of Browning. He will send her the Browning, even though she already has a copy, since the new edition has a few corrections.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letters signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1882-1887.

Title: Autograph letters signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1882-1887.

(1) Dated May 3rd, 1882; Regarding the source (an article by Grant White) for an extract on "J.H." in Furnivall's "Leopold." (2) Asks the recipient if he had permission to print the letters of Dr. [J?] to Grant White. (3) Rolfe concedes that the recipient is right about the [Shakespeare] forgeries, which were first announced in the Athenaeum, June 20, 1868.

ArchivalResource: 3 items ; 23 x 15 cm to 18 x 23 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe to Miss Bates [manuscript], 1889 February 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe to Miss Bates [manuscript], 1889 February 23.

Mentions his article on the Sonnets and the magazines Shakespeariana and Poet-Lore.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Frederick James Furnivall, and William J. Rolfe, 1876-1907.

Title: Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Frederick James Furnivall, and William J. Rolfe, 1876-1907.

Consists of 4 folders. Three letters are to Horace Howard Furness; the letter dated 9 May 1876 is to Frederick James Furnivall; and a letter dated 9 February 1889 is to an editor of the Liberal Unionist. The letter dated 14 March 1883, to William J. Rolfe, is accompanied by a typewritten copy of the letter and a short biography of Dowden.

ArchivalResource: 7 items (11 leaves).

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Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Title: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Autograph letters and manuscripts of authors, artists, and others collected by the American poet Amy Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letters and postcards signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1877-1880.

Title: Autograph letters and postcards signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1877-1880.

Rolfe discusses his work editing Shakespeare, The bibliopolist, The literary world, the New Shakespeare Society, Craik's English of Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, F.G. Fleay, Frederick James Furnivall, "the Bullock."

ArchivalResource: 28 items ; 75 x 130 mm to 180 x 120 mm.

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Morgan, Appleton, 1845-1928,. Autograph letter signed from Appleton Morgan, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1890 February 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Appleton Morgan, New York, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1890 February 10.

Refers to statements by Dr. [William James?] Rolfe; mentions "restorations" [quotation marks are Morgan's]. On letterhead from the Shakespeare Society of New York. With accompanying envelope addressed to Winter at The Tribune, New York City.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 23 x 15 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910. Shakespeare as a family man [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

Title: Shakespeare as a family man [manuscript], 19th or 20th century.

A biographical essay on Shakespeare focusing on his marriage to Anne Hathaway.

ArchivalResource: 24 leaves ; 21 x 14 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1902 February 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1902 February 3.

Sends Winter another pamphlet written by Miss Marriott for possible notice in the Tribune [pamphlet no longer included with letter].

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 17 x 11 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Mrs. George Hambrecht [manuscript], 1905 February 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Mrs. George Hambrecht [manuscript], 1905 February 25.

Answering her questions regarding Shakespeare's heroes, heroines, and morality. Accompanied by a printed pamphlet advertising Rolfe's edition of Shakespeare and a one leaf advertisement for Rolfe's student series of standard English poems.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910. Autograph letter signed W.J. Rolfe to: Miss Freeman June 20, [s.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed W.J. Rolfe to: Miss Freeman June 20, [s.d.].

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to William Winter, New York City [manuscript], 1899 October 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to William Winter, New York City [manuscript], 1899 October 25.

Rolfe encloses a book on the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy by Miss Marriott for possible inclusion in the notices of the Tribune. Letter is marked "Private."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 17 x 12 cm.

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Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916,. Autograph letters signed from J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia, to Rev. F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1877-1880.

Title: Autograph letters signed from J. Parker Norris, Philadelphia, to Rev. F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1877-1880.

The letters discuss various articles on many of Shakespeare's plays. Several mention sending Fleay copies of a publication, Robinson's Epitome of literature. (7) mentions Collier's new edition of his History of English dramatic poetry; (11) he regrets the course Mr. [William James?] Rolfe has taken. Norris' address appears on the items as "204 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, U.S.A."

ArchivalResource: 12 letters ; 21 x 13 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Miss Lawton [manuscript], 1900 May 2.

Title: Autograph letter from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Miss Lawton [manuscript], 1900 May 2.

Rolfe agree's with Lawton about Shakespeare's treatment of mothers-in-law in his plays, particularly in regards to the Countess in All's well that ends well and Volumnia in Coriolanus.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 17 x 11 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to "Madam" [manuscript], 1896 December 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to "Madam" [manuscript], 1896 December 3.

Rolfe tries to arrange a convenient date to lecture.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 17 x 12 cm.

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Morgan, Appleton, 1845-1928,. Autograph and typescript letters signed to Appleton Morgan from various correspondents [manuscript], 1850-1908.

Title: Autograph and typescript letters signed to Appleton Morgan from various correspondents [manuscript], 1850-1908.

The majority of the letters concern Morgan's dealings with the Shakespeare Society of New York, the Colonial Club and the Reform Club. Several letters mention the Bankside Restoration Shakespeare series edited by Morgan. Correspondents include: F.W. Holland, William F. Morgan, Thomas Jefferson McKee, J. Woods Poinier, Alexander Burton Hagner, Whitelaw Reid, William Archer Cocke, J.M. Merrick, C.J. Reilly, John Eaton, Frederick William Seward, Algernon Sydney Sullivan, Geoge Shea, William King Rogers, N.[?] Fowler, Rev. R. Sprague, Henry J. Ramsdell, G.W. Carlton, Robert Harris, Ignatius Donnelly, Constance M. Pott (Mrs. Henry Pott), J.H. Nodal, Droste, Howard Malcolm Jenkins, Joseph Parker Norris, W.J. Rolfe, William Douglas O'Connor, T.W. Luagge, O'Toll, Alvey A. Ader, Frederick Hawley, H.P. Stokes, August Belmont, L.O. Amundson, George Washington Vanderbilt, James Grant Wilson, James R. Hawley, John Bartlett, Nelson Wheatcroft, William Fearing Gill, Sarah Heywood Trumbull, Martin Warren Cooke, Horace Porter, George Parsons Lathrop, Edwin Reed, T.J. Morgan, George Robert Sims, John Fiske, John Quincy Adams Ward, John J. Read, Molly Elliot Seawell, Richard Wayne Parker, William Travers Jerome, Fernand Henry, Edwin Warfield, M. Nagai, Moncure Daniel Conway, Peter Leary, Latham Davis, Felix Mansfield, R.L. Ashurst, Francis Wilson, H.O. Laug[r?], Francis Asbury Smith, Gustav Holzer, Henry Douglas Robinson, Paul Wilstach, Charles E. Phelps, Minnie Maddern Fiske, John Malone, Horace Howard Furness, W.J.R., Alfred H. Wall, Frank H. [surname illegible], Sir Edward Sullivan and other unidentified or illegible correspondents. Includes one postcard from Thomas Jefferson McKee to J.W. Poinier, Jr., Newark, New Jersey (4); one letter from J. Parker Norris to [William James?] Rolfe, on the topic of Appleton Morgan, dated 1885 (30); one letter in French from Fernand Henry, Le Muy Var (63); one letter to B. Frank Carpenter, Westfield, New Jersey, from Latham Davis, First National Bank, Omaha on meeting Dr. Morgan, dated 1907 (69); one letter in French and English from Copenhague, Direction de la Bibliothèque Royale, signed from H.O. Laug[r?] (77); and one invitation from The Players Club dated April 23, endorsed by Laurence Hutton (88). The letter from Alfred H. Wall includes a clipping pasted on the second leaf of the letter on the topic of Shakespeare's church at Stratford-on-Avon (92). Items (87-94) are undated.

ArchivalResource: 94 items ; 14 x 11 cm to 29 x 22 cm.

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Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910,. Extract from a lecture, 1854 [manuscript], 1900 May 21.

Title: Extract from a lecture, 1854 [manuscript], 1900 May 21.

An autograph portion of W.J. Rolfe's lecture on "The Poet and What we Owe to Him," written in 1854. This extract speaks of how it is the words of poets such as Shakespeare, rather than historians, which have illuminated the portions of English history that we think we know best.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 20 x 17 cm.

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