Autograph letter signed from Mary Anne Keeley, London, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1892 April 23.

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Autograph letter signed from Mary Anne Keeley, London, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1892 April 23.

Apologizes for not answering the recipient's note sooner. Quotes the gravedigger in Hamlet: "age with stealing steps hath clawed me with his crutch." On letterhead of 10 Pelham Crescent. S.W.

2 leaves ; 16 x 10 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7563716

Folger Shakespeare Library

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