ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, July 15, 1866. Dickens regretfully declines a dinner invitation. In part, 'I regret that I cannot have the pleasure of dining with Lady Townshend and yourself on the seventeenth, as I have left town for the season and have family visitors here. Your kind note reached me only today, in consequence of my having been on a ramble.' Archivally double matted and framed with a nice portrait of Dicken's, to an overall size of 19 x 14.5. In fine condition, with expected folds, some light creasing to left edge and a bold signature. COA John Reznikoff/University Archives and RRAuction COA.
