Autograph letter signed from J. Henry Shorthouse, Edgbaston, to Sydney Smith, Esq. [manuscript], 1888 January 9.

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Autograph letter signed from J. Henry Shorthouse, Edgbaston, to Sydney Smith, Esq. [manuscript], 1888 January 9.

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Shorthouse writes that he is unable to write on the Bacon-Shakespeare question. He has never studied the subject and does not call himself a student of Shakespeare. Also, he has never seen or heard anything that has made him doubt that Shakespeare was the author of the plays attributed to him. On letterhead from Lansdowne, Edgbaston.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903

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English novelist. From the description of Letter, 1890 May 1, to George Bainton. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601877 English novelist-author of John Inglesant. From the description of Autograph letters signed (25) and autograph letters from which the signatures have been removed (2). : Edgbaston, Prof. Knight, 1880 Dec. 1-1893 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664310 ...

Smith, Sydney, fl. 1888

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