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Creator
Date
1870-1887
Location
Walsall,
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
7 items
Language
English
Size
23 x 18 cm
Genre
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 227037
Folger call number: Y.c.6280 (1-8)
Folger holdings ID: 258609
Accession Number: no cs number
Folger call number: Y.c.6280 (1-8)
Folger holdings ID: 258609
Accession Number: no cs number
Summary
Correspondents: (1) James Bain; (2) and (5) Alfred Russell Smith; (3) Basil Pickering; (6) F.S. Ellis; (7) C.J. Stewart and (8) William Henry Duignan. The letters all concern book selling business and auctions. (1) mentions a list of Shakespeare plays; (2) mentions a "list of Shakespeariana" Timmins inquired about; (4) consists of a face of an envelope addressed to Sam. Timmins, Esq., Elvertham Lodge, Birmingham, with a list of names and numbers written on the back; (5) contains a list of books with prices that Timmins requested, including Hamlet and Othello; (6) mentions Pope's Shakespeare and Locke's Music to Macbeth; (8) discusses old roads and travel routes around Stratford and London in Shakespeare's time. All are addressed from London except (8), which is addressed from Walsall
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letters signed to Samuel Timmins from various correspondents, London and Walsall 1870-1887
Subjects
Related names
correspondent: Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902
subject: Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902
subject: Bain, James, active 1817-1839
subject: Duignan, W. H. (William Henry)
subject: Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
subject: Pickering, Basil Montagu, 1836-1878
subject: Smith, Alfred Russell
subject: Stewart, Charles James, 1799-1883
correspondent: Bain, James, active 1817-1839
correspondent: Duignan, W. H. (William Henry)
correspondent: Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
correspondent: Pickering, Basil Montagu, 1836-1878
correspondent: Smith, Alfred Russell
correspondent: Stewart, Charles James, 1799-1883
subject: Timmins, Samuel, 1826-1902
subject: Bain, James, active 1817-1839
subject: Duignan, W. H. (William Henry)
subject: Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
subject: Pickering, Basil Montagu, 1836-1878
subject: Smith, Alfred Russell
subject: Stewart, Charles James, 1799-1883
correspondent: Bain, James, active 1817-1839
correspondent: Duignan, W. H. (William Henry)
correspondent: Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
correspondent: Pickering, Basil Montagu, 1836-1878
correspondent: Smith, Alfred Russell
correspondent: Stewart, Charles James, 1799-1883