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Autograph letter signed from Charles Lamb to John Payne Collier, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, 1820 May 16

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(57-112)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (101)

Scope and Contents

Thanks Collier for the Decameron. Quotes Shakespeare. Mentions Cervantes, Sterne, Coleridge, Gray, Sidney, Spenser, Raleigh. Apologizes for appearance of letter: "The ink I veryly believe came out of the kennel."

Dates

  • 1820 May 16

Availability

Collection is open for research.

General note

Removed from W.b.504, p. 7.

Repository Details

Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository

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