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Collection highlights

Each "Collection highlight" page explores a specific item in the Folger collections.
Blackfriars Gatehouse Deed
The copy of bargain and sale signed by the vendor when Shakespeare purchased the Blackfriars Gatehouse in London in 1613
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Blackfriars Gatehouse Deed

This manuscript is Shakespeare’s copy of his deed of purchase of the Blackfriars gatehouse in 1613.

Elizabeth I’s letter to Henry IV of France
Elizabeth's signature
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Elizabeth I’s letter to Henry IV of France

In this personal letter, Elizabeth I gives advice to the French king about navigating tensions between Catholics and Protestants.

Elizabeth I Sieve Portrait
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Elizabeth I Sieve Portrait

George Gower’s 1579 portrait of Elizabeth I is the earliest of several paintings that show the queen holding a sieve.

Leicester's letter to Elizabeth I
Full page of handwritten text. Only a few words can be deciphered without knowledge of Elizabethan handwriting.
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Leicester's letter to Elizabeth I

This letter to Queen Elizabeth I was written by Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

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