Autograph letters signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1882-1887.

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Autograph letters signed from W.J. Rolfe, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, to unidentified recipients [manuscript], 1882-1887.

(1) Dated May 3rd, 1882; Regarding the source (an article by Grant White) for an extract on "J.H." in Furnivall's "Leopold." (2) Asks the recipient if he had permission to print the letters of Dr. [J?] to Grant White. (3) Rolfe concedes that the recipient is right about the [Shakespeare] forgeries, which were first announced in the Athenaeum, June 20, 1868.

3 items ; 23 x 15 cm to 18 x 23 cm.

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