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1. Add MS 50744-50745

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Add MS 50744-50745
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TWO ALBUMS OF FORGED AUTOGRAPHS, mostly literary, and many patently in one hand; late 19th-early 20th cent.
Scope & Content:
For another forgery of the Dickens letter to John Forster at 50744, f. 2, see Add. MS. 42711, f. 11, and for one of the Tennyson letter to Gladstone, in the same hand, at 50745, f. 18, see Add. MS. 42181, f. 38. Spurious statements of provenance at 50744, f. i, and 50745, f. i, in the same hand....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 50744

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Add MS 50744
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I, ff. ii+9 Forgeries: Autographs, mostly literary,: late 19th cent. includes: f. 1 Robert Burns, poet: Signed notes beg. `For my own affairs I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent',: 1786: Forgeries. f. 2 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letter to J. Forster,: 1837: Forgery. f. 3 Henry Wad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 50745

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Add MS 50745
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II, ff. 23 Forgeries: Autographs, mostly literary,: late 19th cent. includes: f. 2 Robert Burns, poet: Signed notes beg. `For my own affairs I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent',: 1786: Forgeries. f. 5 George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Signature,: n.d: Forgery. f. 7 Sir J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item