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Autograph letter signed J.L. Kemper, Madison C.H. Virginia, to William A. Baker [manuscript], 1867 January 7.

Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895, sender.; Baker, William A., active 1867-1872, addressee.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV. Part 1. Act 2. Scene 3. Fragment.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Measure for measure. Act 2. Scene 1. Fragment.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI. Part 3. Act 1. Scene 4. Fragment.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI. Part 2. Act 3. Scene 1. Fragment.
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Title
Autograph letter signed J.L. Kemper, Madison C.H. Virginia, to William A. Baker [manuscript], 1867 January 7.
Description
2 leaves ; 25 x 20 cm
Associated name
Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895, sender.
Baker, William A., active 1867-1872, addressee.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV. Part 1. Act 2. Scene 3. Fragment.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Measure for measure. Act 2. Scene 1. Fragment.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI. Part 3. Act 1. Scene 4. Fragment.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI. Part 2. Act 3. Scene 1. Fragment.
Scope and content
Kemper declares that "the people of the South ... lost all in devotion to the grandest cause for which patriot and hero ever drew the sword." To illustrate "our disastrous era," he quotes King Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, scene 1; Measure for measure, Act 2, scene 1; King Henry VI, Part 3, Act 1, scene 4; and King Henry VI, Part 2, Act 3, scene 1.
Note
Bifolium.
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Virginia -- Madison.

Call number
Y.c.3543
Folger accession
cs1530

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