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Professor Jacobs

Old Fellows' Hall…Professor Jacobs the Renowned Wizard of Wizards… Halifax: T. & B. Birtwhistle, 1862

Broadside (690 x 228 mm). Numerous fonts, printed on yellow paper, contemporary ink annotations constituting corrections for the printed; old folds and creases, a few holes and teas, some of which backed with tissue, others costing a few letters, some staining. [With]: Autograph letter signed ("M. Jacobs"). 1 page (170 x 107 mm). Addressed to a Mr. Proctor, in Hartlepool, and dated 15 February 1862. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas together; not examined out of frame.  

A remarkable survival

"Sir," Jacobs' letter begins. "I will thank you to engage the Hall for me for Thursday March 20th and be so kind as to inform me by return if you have engaged it for me for that date, at the same time please do inform me the name of the Hall." 

The annotations to the present broadside show changes in location ("Halifax" has been crossed out, with "Hartlepool" written next to it in the margins), as well as dates, etc., which reflect the questions Jacobs posed to Proctor in the accompanying letter. 

REFERENCE:

EE, pp. 140-141