Invitation and program of the Wheeling Shakspeare Club, greeting cards with Shakespearean quotations, and official acknowledgments to Joseph Crosby for gifts of books, 1879-1883.

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Invitation and program of the Wheeling Shakspeare Club, greeting cards with Shakespearean quotations, and official acknowledgments to Joseph Crosby for gifts of books, 1879-1883.

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Invitation to and program from a dinner meeting of the Wheeling Shakspeare Club, April 23rd, 1881, McLure House, Wheeling, W. Va.; Christmas (1879-1881) and various other greeting cards from Samuel Timmins, Birmingham, England, to Joseph Crosby, Zanesville, Ohio; and testimonials from the Birmingham Free Libraries and Museums, Birmingham, England, and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Library, and Picture Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1 March 1883, thanking Crosby for gifts of volumes on Shakespeare.

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Shakespeare Memorial (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)

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Birmingham Free Libraries

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Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902

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Noted Victorian Shakespearean scholar and book collector of Zanesville, Ohio; born 25 July 1821, Kirkby Thore, Cumbria, England; died 31 October 1891, Montreal, Canada; his collection was sold to the Wisconsin Historical Society, the University of Michigan Library, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. From the description of Invitation and program of the Wheeling Shakspeare Club, greeting cards with Shakespearean quotations, and official acknowledgments to Joseph Crosby for gifts of b...

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. ...