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Autograph letter signed from Wm.? Bellingham to R. Grant White [manuscript], 1861 October 15.

Bellingham, William, active 1861, sender.; White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885, addressee.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1857-1866.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Wm.? Bellingham to R. Grant White [manuscript], 1861 October 15.
Description
1 leaf ; 21 x 14 cm
Associated name
Bellingham, William, active 1861, sender.
White, Richard Grant, 1821-1885, addressee.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1857-1866.
Scope and content
Concerns a line of Shakespeare "not understood by Collyer or Dyer or the Quarterly Reviewer of the Collyer Shakespeare" which he quotes as "With loud alarums and a point of war," probably a reference to the line "To a loud trumpet and a point of war" in Henry IV, part 2.
Provenance
Removed from v. 6 of Richard Grant White's own copy of his edited The works of William Shakespeare, 1857-1866 (W.a.479)
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
Y.c.1769 (8)
Folger accession
MS Add 999

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