Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. T.F. Elliot and Kate Perry, [1855] Oct. 30-31.

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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. T.F. Elliot and Kate Perry, [1855] Oct. 30-31.

Complimenting his Secretary; looking forward to earning money on his American lecture tour; relating an anecdote about how after dinner at Delmonico's he went into the wrong room and began to undress; praising the kindess of Americans; retelling an anecdote about George III which a gentleman told him.

1 item (4 p.) ; (12mo) + with envelope.

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