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Sanford Gifford letters
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Typescript copies of letters from Sanford R. Gifford, American artist, to his father, in America, describing a visit to Warwickshire. - arrival in Stratford by stagecoach from Evesham, via Bidford (Red Horse Hotel, Holy Trinity Church, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, 'wake' at Shottery, Town Hall, New Place, old font in the 'garden of a Mr Heritage') - Charlecote - Warwick (Woolpack Inn, Warwick Castle, St Mary's, Guy's Cliffe) - Leamington (garden fete) - Kenilworth (Castle) - Stoneleigh Abbey (not described in detail)