Autograph letter signed from Basil Wilberforce, London, to Herbert Beerbohm Tree [manuscript], 19th or 20th century August 9.

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Autograph letter signed from Basil Wilberforce, London, to Herbert Beerbohm Tree [manuscript], 19th or 20th century August 9.

Wilberforce thanks Tree for sending tickets for Hamlet, but another engagement prevents him from attending.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443081

Folger Shakespeare Library

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