Autograph letter signed from Charles E. Horn, Bloomsbury, to J. Webster [manuscript], 1844? January 24 Wednesday.

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Autograph letter signed from Charles E. Horn, Bloomsbury, to J. Webster [manuscript], 1844? January 24 Wednesday.

Complains of being at Webster's theatre the previous night and hearing his music performed in the Merry wives of Windsor without receiving credit.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603417

Folger Shakespeare Library

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