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- 29 Jun. 1908-4 Jan. 1909 (Creation)
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Two letters: 1 folded sheet; 2 sheets. 1 offprint.
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Accompanied by an offprint from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Communications, Vol. XVIII, "More Old Playing Cards Found in Cambridge" by W. M. Fletcher, 1915.
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The playing cards found in Trinity College during repairs in Great Court in 1902, which feature in Fletcher's article, are now at the Fitzwilliam Museum - see The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Agent details for Fletcher, Walter Morley". Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/agent/agent-195475
Fletcher wrote another article about them in 1907, the same year that they were given to the museum, Fletcher, W. M. (1907). 'Old Playing-Cards found in Trinity College'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vol 11(3), pp. 454-464.