Back to results
Back to results

Archive

Ireland forgeries

Description

Letters of:
- James Boswell, saying he is `perfectly satisfied of the authenticity' of the forgeries; 20 February [1795] (f.18a)
- J. Manby, to the same effect [February 1795] (f.18b)
- Lord Harcourt, on the King's interest in the Shakespearean discoveries; [April 1795] (f.19)
- Samuel Ireland, father of William Henry, describing his reading of `Vortigern' before the Drury Lane Company, its `lamentable fate' etc., 12 January 1796 (ff. 20, 24, 52, 53, 67)
- Charlotte Winder, saying that Ireland `has told us all'; Vaynor Park, 18 July 1796 (f.41)
- W.H. Ireland, `alias Wm. Shakespeare', stating that he has told Mrs. Winder `the fatal story', 23 July 1796 (f.43); with other letters of the same, 15, 28 September No Date (ff. 44-49)
- Gilbert Francklyn, 30 September 1796 (f.50)
- William Thomas Lewis, 6 May 1796 (f.51)
- T. Nixon, on the rehearsal of `Vortigern' [1796] (f.55)
- William Baillie 13 - 21 April 1796 f.69
-J[ane] I[reland] on the illness and death of her father [Sam. Ireland]; No Date 15 June [1800] (ff. 73,74)

  • Finding No

    ER1/114/3

  • Date

    1795-1800

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    item

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust