Letter from John Westland Marston to Messrs Sampson Low & Co
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line 1: 1 Camden Park Road
line 2: Camden Road Villas N.W. April 2nd
line 3: 1860
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line 5: Gentlemen
line 6: Mr Macmillan is about to
line 7: publish a book by me in one volume
line 8: crown 800crown 800 may refer to cost of volume i.e. 8 crowns (approx. £2) entitled "A Lady in Her Own Right"
line 9: My friend Miss Mulock suggests
line 10: that I should apply to you as the agents for
line 11: Messrs Harper & Co of New York to know
line 12: whether you are disposed to buy the
line 13: proof sheets. Page 2
line 1: May I beg the favour of an early
line 2: reply? As I am well known in the
line 3: United States by my plays of "The Patrician's
line 4: Daughter" "Strathmore" "Anne Blake" &c
line 5: which have been frequently performed there
line 6: I anticipate a large sale for my
line 7: present book and should like to
line 8: make immediate arrangements elsewhere
line 9: if I fail to conclude them with
line 10: yourselves.
line 11: I am, Gentlemen
line 12: Your obedient servant
line 13: Westland Marston_
line 14: Messrs Sampson Low & Co. Page 3
line 1: Marston
line 2: April 2/1860Page 4
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