Autograph letter signed : Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Nov. 19.

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Autograph letter signed : Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Nov. 19.

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Saying he is going to Cambridge to confront a fellow who has two forged paintings with his or his father's name on them: "anything with a horse & poultry or pigs always gets JFH written on them - and unfortunately there is no law for us - forge a man's name on paper & penal servitude follows - forge a name on canvas & the villains can laugh at you."

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Herring, John Frederick, 1815-1907.

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