Autograph letter signed : Musselburgh, to Mr. Osborn, 1892 Sept. 15.

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Autograph letter signed : Musselburgh, to Mr. Osborn, 1892 Sept. 15.

Concerning his cricket article and verses [presumably for The National Observer]; commenting on a dispute at Oxford and a new work ("a book with an idea in it has to bide its time"), and sending his London address.

1 item (2 p.) ; 20.4 cm.

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Osborn, Mr,

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Atkinson, Damian

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Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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