553 - The Ireland Shakespeare Forgery

Back in the 1790's, Samuel Ireland's son, William Henry, came to him with an exciting discovery - he had found a document belonging to the one and only William Shakespeare! But where had he found it? And could there be more??

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Shakespeare_forgeries

https://www.huntington.org/watch-read-listen/verso/real-fake-shakespeare-forgeries-william-henry-ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena

https://archive.org/details/confessionswill00irelgoog/page/n93/mode/2up?q=%22mr+H%22

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