Shorthouse, J. H. Autograph letter signed from J. Henry Shorthouse, Edgbaston, to Sydney Smith, Esq

Folger bibliographic ID: 229145
Folger call number: Y.c.6153
Folger holdings ID: 261346
Accession Number: cs1755

Shorthouse writes that he is unable to write on the Bacon-Shakespeare question. He has never studied the subject and does not call himself a student of Shakespeare. Also, he has never seen or heard anything that has made him doubt that Shakespeare was the author of the plays attributed to him. On letterhead from Lansdowne, Edgbaston

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Extended title: Autograph letter signed from J. Henry Shorthouse, Edgbaston, to Sydney Smith, Esq 1888 January 9

Shorthouse, J. H. 1834-1903 Smith, Sydney, active 1888 Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

correspondent: Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903
subject: Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903
subject: Smith, Sydney, active 1888
subject: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Smith, Sydney, active 1888