Autograph letters signed from Sir William Snow Harris, Plymouth, to Charles [John] Kean [manuscript], 1856-1857.

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Autograph letters signed from Sir William Snow Harris, Plymouth, to Charles [John] Kean [manuscript], 1856-1857.

Letter (2), Harris admires Kean's Richard II at the Princess Theatre.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090713

Folger Shakespeare Library

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