Letter signed from William Montagu, Duke of Manchester, and William Hepworth Dixon, London, to the Governor of New York [i.e. Horatio Seymour] [manuscript], 1863 September.

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Letter signed from William Montagu, Duke of Manchester, and William Hepworth Dixon, London, to the Governor of New York [i.e. Horatio Seymour] [manuscript], 1863 September.

Manchester and Dixon seek the governor's assistance with the work of the Shakespeare Memorial Committee. On leaf 2, a printed list of members of the Shakespeare Memorial Committee. Sent from London, 120 Pall Mall S.W. Signed "Manchester" and "W. Hepworth Dixon."

2 leaves ; 34 x 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525781

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

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Historian. From the description of Letters 1845-1876. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669699 Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy, The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the Athenaeum and the Daily News; wrote Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and ...

Manchester, William Drogo Montagu, Duke of, 1823-1890

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