Autograph letters signed from James Gibson, Shakespeare Memorial Library, Stratford-upon-Avon, to [William Winter?] [manuscript], 1885.

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Autograph letters signed from James Gibson, Shakespeare Memorial Library, Stratford-upon-Avon, to [William Winter?] [manuscript], 1885.

Both letters, written on verso of printed letters soliciting books and funds for the library, request American Shakespeareana. (2) Describes the plethora of material on the Baconian theory.

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