Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1851 May 12.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Wilkie Collins, 1851 May 12.

Regarding a supper to be given by the Duke [of Devonshire] and Collins' request that [Charles] Ward be invited, noting that though Dickens feels "the introduction of a stranger like [Charles Ward is] ... a kind of difficulty," he does "not like to refuse compliance with any wish of [his] faithful and attached valet [Collins]" and has sent the order.

1 item (2 p.) ; 19.7 cm.

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