Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1849 June 21.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to William Charles Macready, 1849 June 21.

Saying that he wants permission to put Macready "down as a subscriber to a ten shilling book of poetry" by [Charles] Whitehead: "I have got him all the best names in literature, [Thomas] Macaulay, [Henry] Hallam, & so forth, and he is particularly anxious to have yours."

1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7583561

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