Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to John Taylor, [1818] Feb. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to John Taylor, [1818] Feb. 27.

Discussing changes to Endymion; setting forth "a few Axioms" in poetry; noting that he has "great reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths."

1 item (3 p., with address), unbound ; 25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7181084

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