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Letter: to "Dear Sir", n.d.

ALS. Declines an invitation due to previous travel engagements; the second letter discusses the Rialto and Venice.

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Promissory note protest: Philadelphia, Pa. to James Latimer

DS. Promissory noted dated May 1, 1811, handwritten at top of document, states that James Latimer will repay a loan to Dilworth within six months. As he failed to do so, the protest was filed by the second endorser, John Byrnes, with Benjamin Nones, notary public of Philadelphia.

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Letters: Whitehall, to Robert J. Harvey; London, to Lady Marian Alford, 1817-1888; London, to Sir George Lewis, 1806-1863; to Sarah Disraeli (wife), 1802-1859; to Baily

8 ALsS. Variety of letters concerning matters both business and personal.

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Letter: New York, N.Y., to Henry G. Hill ALS. "I take pleasure in complying with your request."

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Letter: Oxford, to Mrs. F.P. Morrell, Oxford

ALS. Dodgson asks to be excused from a dinner invitation and begs "for a reprieve to some more peaceful night. I did dine with you once on a 5th of November, and had some ominous remarks made by the 'roughs' on my new hat." He encourages her to invite, in his place, some "strong young man who has taken lessons in boxing."

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Letter: Rome, to "Gentlemen"

ALS. Concerns the publication of a recent work of his, Views in Greece. "I am concerned to find the coloured work . . . has failed; a German review which I have just read of it, abuses the engravings." Remainder concerns numbers of copies and reimbursements for costs.

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Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs. Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun Post Office, Nottingham, Md.

ALS. A familiar letter to her sister-in-law in which domestic arrangements, home improvements, and health concerns of family and friends are discussed. Mentions that "the Dr. Physick [Philip Syng] is much as usual" and that she is expecting a call from his wife, "our sister E P who has gone past her reckoning."

Scope and Contents Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Esq., Cecil County, Md.ALS. Familiar letter, written at his mother's instigation, in which Dorsey tells his uncle of the death of their Aunt Hannah Syng and the details of her will. Dorsey is pleased to hear "that excepting on the Canal banks & the shore of the River your neighborhood is very healthy. A few cases of Malignant Bilious fever have occurred in October but now appear subsiding." Also includes a brief discussion of...

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Letter: Rome, Italy, to Mr. Richard Maris, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. The writer discusses his adventures in Paris and the rest of Europe.

Scope and Contents Letters: Hove, Sussex, to Covici, Friede Publishers, New York, N.Y.; London, to Wilfrid Meynell, 1852-19481 ALS and 1 TLS. Letter to publishers concerns his great displeasure at their publishing a private letter of his in Frank Harris' biography of Oscar Wilde. "The impudent lies of Harris about me . . . are all admitted by Harris himself to be false." Goes on to say that "Your safety lies in the fact that you live in a country where every kind of criminality is condoned and...