Autograph letter signed from Asa I. Fish, Philadelphia, to Richard Stockton, Princeton, NJ [manuscript], 1867 June 26.

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Autograph letter signed from Asa I. Fish, Philadelphia, to Richard Stockton, Princeton, NJ [manuscript], 1867 June 26.

Fish offers a list of identifying features to help Stockton determine whether his 1623 Shakespeare folio is the original or the reprint.

2 leaves ; 26 x 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603387

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Stockton, Richard, 1824-1876

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Fish, Asa I. (Asa Israel), 1820-1879

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Asa I. Fish was a lawyer in Philadelphia and a director of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey. From the description of Journals of trips to New Jersey, New York, and New Orleans, 1866-1902. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38989454 Asa I. Fish was a Philadelphia lawyer, poet, and a director of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. From the description of Critical studies of Tennyson's In memoriam, and Keats's The eve of St. Agnes, ...

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. ...