Autograph letter signed : London, to William Macready, [1840 July 23].

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Autograph letter signed : London, to William Macready, [1840 July 23].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476298599

Accepting an invitation with pleasure, but noting that they must bring their guest and Dickens is "sorry to say [he] can't recommend her." Mentioning, though, that "as people have different opinions, some preferring onions to apples, perhaps [Macready will] like her." Praising Macready's punning in a previous letter, noting that it "convulsed" him.

1 item (1 p.) ; 19cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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