Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Samuel] Lucas, 1859 Apr. 18.

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Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Samuel] Lucas, 1859 Apr. 18.

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Angrily defending his loyalty to his new publisher Smith and Elder, and explaining why he cannot write for Bradbury and Evans a few travel articles he had casually promised: "B and E are no doubt pained and irritated by my leaving them: but I couldn't act otherwise than I have done: and it is they, when they come to look at the subject more coolly, who I hope will see that they are wrong, if they would have me throw over great and important engagements, and pin me to a hasty and unconsidered word, w[hich] must of its nature be conditional."

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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