William Godwin's Diary

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Ireland junr, pp. 43 (29  December  1796) Ireland, William HenryMiscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakespeare: including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland of Norfolk street. 1796
The papers etc. in this collection are a ‘forgery' by William Henry Ireland; the publication was undertaken by his father, Samuel Ireland.
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Ireland, William HenryAn investigation of Mr. Malone's claim to the character of scholar, or critic, being an examination of his inquiry into the authenticity of the Shakespeare manuscripts, etc. 1796
Composed by Samuel Ireland, authorship is assigned to W. H. Ireland in some 1796 and 1797 editions.

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