Autograph letters signed from Gerald Massey, London and Chicago, to Harry Edwards and an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1883-1886.

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Autograph letters signed from Gerald Massey, London and Chicago, to Harry Edwards and an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1883-1886.

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(1) Addressed from Villa Bordighiera, New Southgate, London and dated July 15, 1883. Massey asks Edwards for a copy of the chief heads of the notices he wrote for the "News-letter;" (2) Addressed from care of H.N.F. Lewis, Western Rural, 40 W. Madison Street, Chicago and dated February 24. Discusses terms for lectures he could give; (3) Addressed from Villa Bordighiera, New Southgate, London and dated January 13, 1886; to Edwards; discusses visiting "the colonies" for 21 months, where he got malaria and dyspepsia. With two clippings of portraits of Massey and one printed advertisement for a future republication of the Secret drama of Shakespeare's sonnets by Massey (housed with Y.c.3882 (3)). Recipient is possibly Henry Stillwell Edwards.

3 letters ; 21 x 13 cm to 27 x 21 cm.

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Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907

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Gerald Massey (born 29 May 1828, near Tring, Hertfordshire – died 29 October 1907, South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, England) was an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt....

Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938

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Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Ga. in 1855. He studied law and passed the bar but never practiced because of his passion for writing. Edwards had become owner and editor of the Macon Telegraph, where he published a regular column called 'What Comes Down My Creek.' This column was very popular and he continued publishing it for the rest of his life. But Edwards' most popular work was a story called 'Eneas Africanus, ' which first appeared in the Macon Evening News (of which he was als...