One page on black bordered stationery. 1 vols. 12mo
1875 · 5 Seamore Place, Mayfair
by Motley, John Lothrop
5 Seamore Place, Mayfair, 1875. One page on black bordered stationery. 1 vols. 12mo. Fine. In a quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. One page on black bordered stationery. 1 vols. 12mo. Motley Letter to Gladstone's Wife. " ... I am very sorry that I forgot to take the tickets for your concert but console myself by thinking that you sold them all.
"The conversation at & after your most agreeable dinner was so interesting that I unintentionally neglected this little matter of business. Will you allow me to send the price of two tickets as my humble contribution to the charitable object of the crowd?" Provenance: from the library of Jane Engelhard, with her note laid in speculating on the year of the letter (Inventory #: 226744)
"The conversation at & after your most agreeable dinner was so interesting that I unintentionally neglected this little matter of business. Will you allow me to send the price of two tickets as my humble contribution to the charitable object of the crowd?" Provenance: from the library of Jane Engelhard, with her note laid in speculating on the year of the letter (Inventory #: 226744)