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MINOR, William Chester (1834-1920). American surgeon; contributor to the OED. Autograph Letter Signed to the lexicographer [James] Murray, 2 pages 8vo, Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire, 1 September 1887. Sending contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary and offering others. Minor was incarcerated in a lunatic asylum for murder, and spent his latter years furnishing quotations to the dictionary. [No: 23223] The image is of the second page only.
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