Autograph letter signed from H.S. Howard, Standing Stone Camp, to H.C. Folger, Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. [manuscript], 1927 February 14.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Autograph letter signed from H.S. Howard, Standing Stone Camp, to H.C. Folger, Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. [manuscript], 1927 February 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435428815

He is enclosing a notice of a book find. Speaks of the progress of work at the Standing Stone Camp and entreats Folger to come see it, so Howard can sell him a volume. A visit from Folger would help to further his project of creating a Shakespeare memorial in Boston, which Howard asks to be named a Bacon memorial. Includes three photographs of the Standing Stone Camp and a newspaper clipping about the surfacing of a first edition of Bacon's Novum organum.

1 item (4 p.)

Folger Shakespeare Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7525292

Folger Shakespeare Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk86d3 (person)

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. ...

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v40s9h (person)

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz3bwx (person)

Howard, H. S. (Harold), fl. 1926-1931,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw5jg8 (person)