Curling, Mary Forbes. Extracts of letters from Mary Forbes Curling to Robert Curling regarding the Baconian theory

Folger bibliographic ID: 266174
Folger call number: W.a.509
Folger holdings ID: 352014
Accession Number: 267638

14 numbered extracts from letters, presenting one side of a debate on the Shakespeare authorship question. The recipient appears to have been a staunch Stratfordian; the letters are full of the correspondent's misgivings on the traditional accreditation of authorship to Shakespeare with some leanings towards the Baconian theory. Despite interest in the theory and arguments in favor of Bacon's poetic credentials, M.F. Curling expresses frustration with Ignatius Donnelly's work ("As for Donnelly, I cannot have patience with what seems an audacious attempt to mystify us all with his ingenious and fraudulent puzzle!" (leaf 42). Also include a loose leaf "A question & reply - Shakespeare's Plays" dated Oct. 1888

General notes

"The letters are addressed to Mr. Robert Curling; the date of the first letter is October 8th 1887." --leaf 1v Mary Forbes Curling lived in Gosmore, Hertfordshire Printed transcript of M.F. Curling's article "Traditions of Sterne and Bunyan" (MacMillan's Magazine, 1887) removed to curatorial file Acquired from A.R. Heath, 2012-08-03

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Extended title: Extracts of letters from Mary Forbes Curling to Robert Curling regarding the Baconian theory 1887-1890
Alternate titles: Extracts from letters by Miss M.F. Curling on the authorship of the plays of William Shakespeare. Reasons in favour of their having been written by Lord Bacon

Curling, Mary Forbes, -1895 Curling, Robert, 1812-1894 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

correspondent: Curling, Mary Forbes, -1895
subject: Curling, Mary Forbes, -1895
subject: Curling, Robert, 1812-1894
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
correspondent: Curling, Robert, 1812-1894