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Washington Irving Letter, Accession # 6256-al, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was purchased on 29 January 1992.
Washington Irving, "Sunnyside," New York, to George Henry, declines Henry's dinner invitation due to another commitment and expresses his pleasure that the artist is about to paint a set of views of the private grounds of Windsor Castle under the special sanction of Queen Victoria, "This will be sufficient to attract public attention. The truthfulness of your pencil will do all the rest."