Autograph letter signed from Charles Dickens, Higham, to Ralph Bernal Osborne [manuscript], 1864 June 1.

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Autograph letter signed from Charles Dickens, Higham, to Ralph Bernal Osborne [manuscript], 1864 June 1.

Offers favorable commentary on Fechter's Hamlet and suggests that Osborne try his Falstaff in Fechter's company.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8160479

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Osborne, Ralph, 1808-1882

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