Autograph letters signed from William Henry Wyman to Albert R. Frey [manuscript], 1887 July 22-27.

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Autograph letters signed from William Henry Wyman to Albert R. Frey [manuscript], 1887 July 22-27.

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Asks for a copy of Frey's article for his Bibliography of the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy. On (1) is a note (erroneous) that Wyman married the daughter of Joseph Crosby, October 1887. Also, a newspaper cutting pinned to an envelope addressed to Wyman, October 7, 1888(?) about the number of editions of Shakespeare published in 1887 and 1888.

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