Autograph letter signed, to "Mrs. [John] Hughes" [mother of the Thomas Hughes?], accepting an invitation.
14 Hanley Place [London]: 13 December 1840.
2-1/2 pp, on single folded sheet. 1 vols. 16mo. Mounted to larger sheet Item #217122
The famous poet, philanthropist, friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, the Brownings, et. al. -- apologizes profusely for not answering "your kind letter of last winter"; and after several explanations of the lapse of time, "All this is to make myself out sufficiently meritorious as not to be entirely unworthy of your thoughtful attention. I do not care to defer pleasant opportunities and therefore accept your earliest day ... "
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