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English: Excerpt of a letter from Thomas Pennant Barton to Thomas Rodd, in which Barton expresses his desire to purchase the First Folio then offered for sale through the auction of the late Benjamin Heywood Bright's library. The letter is dated May 15th, 1844 and is in the possession of the Boston Public Library (call no. MS f G.59.2)
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Thomas Pennant Barton  (1803–1869)  wikidata:Q25035976
 
Thomas Pennant Barton
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Date of birth/death 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 5 April 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Philadelphia Edit this at Wikidata Montgomery Place Edit this at Wikidata
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