ALS in English, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, June 27, 1844. Neatly penned letter declining an invitation to dinner and mentioning the great tenor Napoleone Moriani. In part: "Pray excuse my negligence in not having returned an answer to your very kind offer; I thought to do so in person when we met at Ms. Chorley's, and forgot it while I thought of the rest of your note, of the Miserere…the Lady, &c &c! I am very very sorry not to be able to avail myself of your kindness, being engaged for dinner at 8 and afterwards in the evening at a great distance from the Opera-House. If I do not go to Dublin (as indeed I now think I shall. not) would you then allow me to make up for my loss some evening in the next week? I should have been so happy to listen to my favourite singer Moriani and still more to look at all the boxes from yours." In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and light edge toning.
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