Shakespeare Society correspondence [manuscript], 1821-1822.

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Shakespeare Society correspondence [manuscript], 1821-1822.

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5 letters from Vice-Presidents, including the Earl of Aberdeen, Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl Spencer, Earl Whitworth, and Duke of Bedford, of an unidentified Shakespeare Society, supporting the proposed erection of a monument to Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. Two letters (3, 4) addressed to Charles Mathews. (1), (2), and (5) addressed to the Earl of Blessington.

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Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess, 1780-1863

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Earl of, 1782-1829

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Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835

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Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860

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Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839

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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834

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Whitworth, Charles Whitworth, Earl, 1752-1825

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