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Autograph letter signed from John Ormsby, London, to Sir Theodore Martin [manuscript], 1888 May 27.

Ormsby, John, 1829-1895, sender.; Martin, Theodore, 1816-1909, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Ormsby, London, to Sir Theodore Martin [manuscript], 1888 May 27.
Description
2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm
Associated name
Ormsby, John, 1829-1895, sender.
Martin, Theodore, 1816-1909, addressee.
Scope and content
Concerns the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy; Ormsby has not seen anywhere the "facts that are against the Baconians set out with anything like the completeness of [Martin's] papers." Refers to Donnelly in particular. Letter written from 54 St. Paul's Road, N.W. and addressed to "Sir Theodore."
Note
Bifolium
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Maggs Bros., 1916
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
Y.c.2005
Folger accession
cs688

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