Autograph letter signed : [Abingdon], to Ernest Hillman, [1958 Sept. 4].

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Autograph letter signed : [Abingdon], to Ernest Hillman, [1958 Sept. 4].

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Wishing that one could find a Shakespeare recording of Macbeth "done before the Globe ruffians cut it." Hoping that he and John Skilton reached home safely, and fondly remembering their visits.

1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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