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Friends of the Bodleian, Bodleian Library, Oxford - Thanks her for her letter, they have received the manuscript [of 'The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory']; Macmillan could borrow it if they need it before it officially becomes Bodleian property; any part of it could be photographed by the Clarendon Press; is sending her letter on to the President of Magdalen as she requests.

23 Birchington Road, West Hampstead, N.W.6.—Discusses the date and handwriting of Harley MS. 7650 (containing The Country Captain, a play by the Duke of Newcastle).

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23, Birchington Rd.,
W. Hampstead, N.W.6,
5. iii. 1932.

Dear Dr. Greg,

Thank you very much for your generous acknowledgements in Dramatic Documents. I have been consulting Francis Needham, the Welbeck Librarian, about the hand of Harl. 7650 {1} and the E.S. {2} Though unable to identify the writer he tells me that the extra leaf in the Harl. MS. is in the hand of John Rolleston, Newcastle's secretary, and he dates it between ?1638 and 1649. May I ask what your dating of the MS., c. ?1635, is based on? I understand the play was performed about 1639.

Yours sincerely,
R. G. Howarth.

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{1} Harley MS. 7650 contains the text of The Country Captain, a play by the Duke of Newcastle.

{2} Perhaps a reference to The Elizabethan Stage, by E. K. Chambers.

Bodleian Library, Oxford - Is replying for Dr Craster, who is unwell; he has given the photographer full instructions about sending the photographs to Messrs Macmillan and the account to Cambridge, and thanks him for letting them know the ultimate destination of the photographs.