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Miss Vansitart

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Miss Vansitart is inviting Chase to her home and wishes to throw him a party.

Date

6-3-1824

City

London, England

Keywords

Vansitart, England Voyage, Cambridge

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K.Ch.240603a

Dear Sir

My Brother and I are going out of Town tomorrow for a few days, but are [?] before you make any other engagement to secure the pleasure of your company at dinner on Friday sun’ night (that 11th of June) where we shall have a party when I think you [would] like to meet.

I hope you have had a pleasant and and fruitful journey to Cambridge and that success may [?] you wherever you plead the [?] cause to which you have devoted yourself.

Dear Sir

Your faithful servant

Miss Vansitart

Letter to Philander Chase

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