Autograph letters signed from J. Thomas Looney, Gateshead-on-Tyne, to Sir George Greenwood, London [manuscript], 1921-1922.

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Autograph letters signed from J. Thomas Looney, Gateshead-on-Tyne, to Sir George Greenwood, London [manuscript], 1921-1922.

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Letters primarily concern the Oxford theory of Shakespeare authorship and Looney's work on the subject: "Shakespeare" identified. (1) makes additional reference to Dugdale's images of the Stratford monument, presumably a reference to illustrations in William Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire . (2) primarily concerns authorship of The tempest. Also, a clipping from the March 20, 1920 issue of The Scotsman, which includes a letter from Looney concerning Shakespeare identified. Greenwood's address given as 33 Linden Gardens.

2 items ; 10 x 15 cm to 26 x 21 cm.

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