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To PETER LE NEVE FOSTER,1 26 JUNE 1855

MS The Royal Society of Arts.

Tavistock House

Tuesday Twenty Sixth June 1855

Sir.

I beg to say in reply to your obliging letter, that I cannot have the pleasure of occupying the Vice-Presidential Chair,2 which the Council have the goodness to offer to me.

P. Le Neve Foster Esquire

I am Sir | Your faithful Servant

CHARLES DICKENS

1. Peter Le Neve Foster (1809-79; Dictionary of National Biography), Secretary, Society (later Royal Society) of Arts 1853-79: see further Pilgrim Letters 11, p. 295n.
2. CD had been a member of the Society since 1849 and had served as Vice- President, 1850-51.

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