Autograph letter signed from John Ormsby, London, to Sir Theodore Martin [manuscript], 1888 May 27.

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Autograph letter signed from John Ormsby, London, to Sir Theodore Martin [manuscript], 1888 May 27.

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Concerns the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy; Ormsby has not seen anywhere the "facts that are against the Baconians set out with anything like the completeness of [Martin's] papers." Refers to Donnelly in particular. Letter written from 54 St. Paul's Road, N.W. and addressed to "Sir Theodore."

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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