Autograph letter signed : 9 Charles Street, Governor Square [London], to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, ca. 1883.

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Autograph letter signed : 9 Charles Street, Governor Square [London], to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, ca. 1883.

Accepting an invitation to visit and "talk about sonnets."

1 item (2 p.) ; 203 x 126 mm. (8vo)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7191422

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