Autograph letter signed : Westminster Hotel, New York, to Richard Grant White, 1867 Dec. 12.

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Autograph letter signed : Westminster Hotel, New York, to Richard Grant White, 1867 Dec. 12.

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Declining to discuss the problem of international copyright: "I would rather put the subject aside, in friendship towards the American people." Dickens appreciates White's comments on Tale of Two Cities (1859) and adds that Mr. Carlyle had written him with the "the highest commendation" of the books: "[Carlyle] is a dear friend of mine, and his History [of the French Revolution] inspired me with the general fancy of that story." [Dickens was in the United States for the second time, doing a tour of readings.].

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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