Autograph letter signed with Fanny Burney's initials to [Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi].
London]: n.d. [July 1782?]. 1p., single sheet (230 x 190 mm). Condition : folds, very light staining at the corners. Provenance : sale Sotheby's London, 11 December 1997, lot 99, £575. A warm letter responding to Thrale's invitation to a party: "…I should like extremely to be of your to-morrow party, but dare not promise myself that happiness yet; My Father & Mother are still at Chesington, & I will not torment you with reciting the pros & cons that diable me at present from settling whether or not I can wait upon you even to Dinner: but if I have power, I will certainly & joyfully make use of it…"
Autograph letter signed with Fanny Burney's initials to [Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi].
London]: n.d. [July 1782?]. 1p., single sheet (230 x 190 mm). Condition : folds, very light staining at the corners. Provenance : sale Sotheby's London, 11 December 1997, lot 99, £575. A warm letter responding to Thrale's invitation to a party: "…I should like extremely to be of your to-morrow party, but dare not promise myself that happiness yet; My Father & Mother are still at Chesington, & I will not torment you with reciting the pros & cons that diable me at present from settling whether or not I can wait upon you even to Dinner: but if I have power, I will certainly & joyfully make use of it…"
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