Cuttings from periodicals, memoranda, and correspondence relating to literary forgeries and thefts, c. 1840-1863
File
MS. Eng. misc. c. 96
Held at the Weston Library
Cuttings from periodicals, memoranda, and correspondence relating to literary forgeries and thefts:
- (fols. 1-82) 'the impostor Constantine Simonides 1853-1863'
- a volume of pamphlets by and about Simonides, with annotations by Madden, is in the Library ([pr. bk.] 25796 e. 6)
- (fols. 84-367) 'Mr. J. P. Collier and Shakspere forgeries, 1859-1862'
- (fols. 372-523) 'The MSS. abstracted from Trinity College, Cambridge and ... Mr. James Orchard Halliwell, 1840-1846'
- (fols. 528-610) 'Mr. G. Hillier and the MSS. stolen from Lord Ellesmere, 1847-1855'.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1840-1863
Extent
628 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. c. 96
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