Two page, autograph letter to Edward Herford (Esquire), signed by Dickens, April 8th, 1850, from Devonshire Terrace, London. “…I regret that I cannot have the pleasure of accepting your invitation to become a member of the committee for promoting the important design in which you are interested. But I have resolved that I will not, in future, connect myself by name only with any public object; and my present engagements are so very arduous that I could not hope to bestow any attention or time upon this. Let me assure you that I perfectly remember our communication on the subject of the Lyceums. Dear Sir, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens.” $1,895.
