BIB_ID
458700
Accession number
MA 14886.2
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.7 x 18.3 cm
Notes
One of a series of 14 letters from Edward Bulwer-Lytton to Robert Folkestone Williams (MA 14886).
Signed "E.L. Bulwer."
Written from "Hertford St."
Address panel with postmark and partial seal: "R.F. Williams Esq / 7 Wood St / Westminster."
Year of writing inferred from partial postmark: "[18]33."
Signed "E.L. Bulwer."
Written from "Hertford St."
Address panel with postmark and partial seal: "R.F. Williams Esq / 7 Wood St / Westminster."
Year of writing inferred from partial postmark: "[18]33."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: "J Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1832."
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Apologizing for delay of reply, attributing it to "my inability to fix an hour for pleasure of seeing you"; noting he will be dining with two of his constituents, "no very interesting companions," but explaining "it really is the only time I can[...]contemplate being at leisure"; inviting Williams to "join them."
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