Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Faithfull", 1873 October 28.

BIB_ID
195869
Accession number
MA 13625
Creator
Calverley, Charles Stuart, 1831-1884.
Display Date
1873 October 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Declining an invitation and explaining that he is "not very partial to these big dinners-Thackeray's description of the bellows menders' feast is very delightful, but I would rather read about it than go to it"; recounting a visit to his old room at school in the company of his eldest son.