Autograph letter signed from Charlotte Fiske Bates, New York, to Mrs. Horace Silsby, Seneca Falls [manuscript], 1891 September 17.

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Autograph letter signed from Charlotte Fiske Bates, New York, to Mrs. Horace Silsby, Seneca Falls [manuscript], 1891 September 17.

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Letter signed Charlotte RogeĢ. Bates gives Silsby permission to use a poem for a one volume poetic tribute to Shakespeare. She also provides a copy of a sonnet on Shakespeare taken from her Risk and other poems, published in 1879. First line of poem: Adam of poets! Thou must once have felt.

2 leaves ; 20 x 13 cm.

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Bates, Charlotte Fiske, 1838-1916

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American author and compiler. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Edward Russell Jones, 1902 March 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22864766 American poet. From the description of Letter and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367407807 ...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 1844-1916

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