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Accession Number: 86-2805
Physical Description: [1] page
Transcription:

TAVISTOCK HOUSE
TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON. W.C.
Tuesday Fourteenth February 1860.

My Dear Albert Smith
  It is really painful to me to be unable to accept your invitation. Pray let it be understood between us, that this makes no difference in our friendship.
  But I can not be a guest at any house where Mrs. Hogarth's youngest daughter is received in the same capacity. There are some considerations in life that are superior to one's ease and pleasure. The lowest self respect on my own behalf, and on that of the girls, and on Georgina's. imposes this rule upon me. 
  With kind regard
  Ever Faithfully
  Charles Dickens
Albert Smith Esquire

MssDate: Tuesday Fourteenth February 1860.
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Smith, Albert Richard, 1816-1860
Provenance: Sotheby 27-28 Nov 72 lot 323 thru Maggs Jan 73, Benoliel

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Nine, 1859-1861, p. 214.

Country: Creation Place Note:Tavistock House
Country:England
City/Town/Township:Tavistock Square, London. W.C.

Creation Year: 1860
Call Number: DL Sm51 1860-02-14
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author