(DICKENS, Charles)

Two-page Third Person Letter from Charles Dickens, probably written in the hand of his traveling secretary George Putnam

Octavo. Folded for mailing. Very good or better. A letter written 8 March 1842 from the United States Hotel in Philadelphia to Mr. Joseph Jones, declining an invitation from the Committee of that city's Hibernian Society, during Dickens's first trip to America. Dickens stayed at the United States Hotel from March 5th through 9th, during which time he met twice in his rooms with Edgar Allan Poe, who was seeking help from Dickens in finding an English publisher.

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