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System Number: 07125
Date: 28 April 1889
Author: Edmund Yates[1]
Place: Brighton
Recipient: William Christian Symons[2]
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1114
Document Type: ALS
2, EATON GARDENS,
WEST BRIGHTON.
28 April 1889.
Dear Sir,
I shall have much pleasure in accepting the Committee's pleasant proposition that I should return thanks for the toast of "Literature", at the forthcoming Whistler Banquet[3].
I trust I may be excused for suggesting that the toast may come somewhat early in the list, [p. 2] as I have another engagement that evening which I should like to fulfil.
Faithfully yours,
Edmund Yates.
This document is protected by copyright.
Envelope:
'Ed. Yates'[4]
W. Christian Symons Esq13 Bruton Street
London.
W.
[stamp:] POSTAGE AND INLAND REVENUE / ONE PENNY
[postmark:] BRIGHTON / A 1 / AP28 / 89
[postmark on verso:] LONDON [N. W.] / 7 / AP29 / 89 / [14?]
[on reverse flap, goat and crown motif]
Notes:
1. Edmund Yates
Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), novelist, 'Atlas' columnist and editor-proprietor of the World [more].
2. William Christian Symons
William Christian Symons (1845-1911), painter and designer [more].
3. Whistler Banquet
A dinner, to congratulate JW on being made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Munich, was held at the Criterion on 1 May 1889. It was organised by W. C. Symons.
4. 'Ed. Yates'
Written in another hand.