Autograph letter signed with initials : Geneva, to William Charles Macready, 1846 Oct. 24.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Geneva, to William Charles Macready, 1846 Oct. 24.

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Referencing Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy; discussing the "late Revolution" in Switzerland and saying that "there is no country on earth but Switzerland, in which a violent change could have been effected in the Christian spirit shown in this place, or in the same proud, independent, gallant style"; joking with Macready about his mountaineering skills; telling him he had a letter from [Douglas] Jerrold; noting that Madame Tussaud "intends to do [John] Forster next and "that he is to be put next to [Edmund] Burke, in the Chamber of Horrors"; saying that he is glad Macready is pleased with Dombey; mentioning his success "in the Animal Magnetic way."

1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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