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John Payne Collier letter

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Letter from John Payne Collier, Shakespearean critic (1789-1883), dated at Maidenhead, co. Berks., to John Hibbert, esq., sending a facsimile copy of a 1603 edition of Hamlet belonging to the Duke of Devonshire:

Collier also enquires about the address of Mr [George?] de la Pryme in Cambridge, whose son has sent him some pretty lines on a [person whose character was judged as not meeting social norms prevailing at the time].

  • Finding No

    DR1021/2

  • Date

    05/09/1858

  • Extent

    1 piece

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    item

  • Associated people

    Collier, John Payne

    Hibbert, John

    Pryme, George

  • Associated place

    United Kingdom - England - Berkshire - Maidenhead,

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