Autograph letters signed from Thomas Snagg Wilks to Samuel Ireland [manuscript], 1779.

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Autograph letters signed from Thomas Snagg Wilks to Samuel Ireland [manuscript], 1779.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254910

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Snagg, Thomas, 1746-1812

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Ireland, Samuel, -1800

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Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...