Papers of Samuel Timmins [manuscript], 1885-1895.

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Papers of Samuel Timmins [manuscript], 1885-1895.

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Letters, postcards, clippings, pamphlets and other material compiled by Samuel Timmins. (1-21) Letters and postcards written to Timmins and W.H. Wyman. Correspondents include: C.M. Ingleby, Ignatius Donnelly, W.H. Wyman, and George James. The letters primarily discuss the Bacon-Shakespeare question and Donnelly's cipher. (5) From Ignatius Donnelly to Timmins includes a photograph portrait of Donnelly. (6) is a letter-less envelope from Wyman to Timmins. (11) Includes a ticket for "Samuel Timmins and Lady" to a meeting of the Bacon Society at the Westminster Town Hall on April 17, 1888. (15) Includes a clipping concerning the mathemethician George Parker Bidder's examination of Donnelly's cipher. (16) Includes a newspaper clipping from the Daily inter ocean with a cartoon depicting Donnelly as a pig. (21) Consists of sixteen letters pinned together from George James (to Timmins?) and entitled "A 'Bacon' Lunatic." (22) Is a printed circular letter from Mrs. Henry Pott, dated January 30, 1889, disparaging the creation and use of facsimile copies of the first folio for cryptographers, since the process eliminates valuable manuscript marks. (23) A printed broadside containing "All Hail to the Shrine," a song by J.E. Carpenter criticising Donnelly. (24) A printed advertisment of R.S. Peale & Co. Publishers for The great cryptogram by Ignatius Donnelly featuring excerpts from reviews by mathematicians, authors, senators, and journalists. (26) Notebook of copies of letters, 1864-1866, from Nathaniel Holmes and W.H. Smith to James Spedding. (27) 26 newspaper clippings pertaining to Donnelly. (28) Two copies of Bacon out-Shakespeared! by A. Pimpleton Spoffkins, London: T. Rodd, 1887. (29) The true cryptogram of Francis Bacon, by L.H. Stevens, Philadelphia: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1887. (30) The little cryptogram : Lord Bacon's prophecy concerning Ignatius Donnelly by J. Gilpin Pyle, St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1888. (31) No cipher in Shakespeare, by Rev. A. Nicholson, LL.D., London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. Includes four newspaper clippings and three printed circular letters from William Southern all pertaining to the activities of Rev. Nicholson as well as another pamphlet entitled A reply answered: the hon. Ignatius Donnelly's reply to my "refutation," replied to by the Rev. A. Nicholson, LL.D., Stratford-on-Avon: Edward Fox, 1889. (32) Raleigh wrote Shakespeare or, the grate crab-tree-cram, Glasgow: David Robertson & Co., 1888. (33) The Bacon-Shakespeare controversy: a plea for the plaintiff, vol. I-III, Birmingham: The Midland Educational Company, Limited and Walter Husband, 1894-1895.

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Nicholson, A. (Aldwell), -1902

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Wyman, W. H. (William Henry)

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Shakespearean scholar; lived in Cincinnati, Ohio; published in mid-1880's. From the description of Postcards, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Isaac N. Demon, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1883 June 22 and July 3. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68900848 ...

Pyle, Joseph Gilpin, 1853-

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Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Ingleby, C.M. (Clement Mansfield), 1823-1886

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Holmes, Nathaniel, 1815-1901

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Holmes was born in Peterborough, N.H. and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1838. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1839 and moved to St. Louis where he served as judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1865 to 1868. He was professor of law at Harvard Law School from 1868 to 1872. He wrote extensively questioning the authorship of works attributed to Shakespeare. From the description of Speeches, 1864-1899. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342671 ...

Spedding, James, 1808-1881

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Southern, William, 19th cent.

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Bidder, George Parker, 1806-1878

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Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x000053 George Parker Bidder (1863-1953), marine biologist, attended Trinity College, Cambridge, 1882-84. He settled in the city in 1902, and lectured in the university on sponges during the 1920s. Bidder gave financial support to marine biological research and was President of the Marine Biological Association in 1939. On the death of his father, Georg...

Smith, W. H. (William Henry), 1825-1891

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Carpenter, J.E. (Joseph Edwards), 1813-1885

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James, George, fl. 1885-1895

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Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

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Farmer, editor, author, and orator. From the description of Ignatius Donnelly papers, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009547 American politician and author. From the description of Letter, 1863, Washington, D. C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812376 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531076 From the description of ...

R. S. Peale & Co.

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Pott, Henry, Mrs., 1833-1915

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Stevens, L. H., fl. 1887.

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