Autograph letters signed (2) : Brighton, 26 November [n.y.], and Brighton or London [n.d.], to Mr. [Lewis Strange] Wingfield, Nov. 26 [no year] and n.d.

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Autograph letters signed (2) : Brighton, 26 November [n.y.], and Brighton or London [n.d.], to Mr. [Lewis Strange] Wingfield, Nov. 26 [no year] and n.d.

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Saying he cannot get to Paris until after Christmas, that he his "couveĢ-ing a 3 act comedy--to change my muse for a time as I used to change a mistress from dark to fair--in the days when I did the Froufrou business," accepting an invitation, and adding "I adore Seonora--! She abuses so unctuously everybody below the rank of a Bishop. She is delightful caviare," etc.

2 items (6 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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