Autograph letter signed from J.S. Knowles to Benjamin Webster, Esq. [manuscript], 1835 March 14.

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Autograph letter signed from J.S. Knowles to Benjamin Webster, Esq. [manuscript], 1835 March 14.

Concerning Knowles' current production of Hamlet, and the portrayal of the character Ophelia in particular.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7307091

Folger Shakespeare Library

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