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Creator
Date
1851 April 30
Location
Boston,
Massachusetts
United States
United States
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
2 leaves
Language
English
Size
20 x 13 cm
Genre
Promotional materials
Communications
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 226974
Folger call number: Y.c.3913
Folger holdings ID: 258544
Accession Number: cs1589
Folger call number: Y.c.3913
Folger holdings ID: 258544
Accession Number: cs1589
Summary
Writes about going to New Bedford shortly, where May would be happy to show the recipient his work. The letter is written the back of a printed advertisement for May's exhibition, at the Masonic Temple, of a facsimile of his model of Shakespeare's birth house, gravestone and monument. This advertisement contains printed images of Shakespeare's monument in the Stratford church and his birth house
Notes
General notes
Bifolium. Letter addressed "Dear Sir." Written from [illegible] Hotel, Boston
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed from W. May, Boston, to unidentified recipient 1851 April 30
Related names
correspondent: May, W., active 1851
subject: May, W., active 1851
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: May, W., active 1851
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616