Donnelly and the Shakespeare cipher [manuscript], 1888.

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Donnelly and the Shakespeare cipher [manuscript], 1888.

Essay by John Doyle. A devastating criticism of Ignatius Donnelley's cipher and its proof of the Baconian theory.

15 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254869

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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