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Mr and Mrs Benzon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon Tuesday the seventeenth of May.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis note uses Dickens's personal stationery from Gads Hill Place, the only house he ever owned and his country home from 1856 until his death in 1870. He frequently hosted friends and literary figures at the house, and similar personal letters from this period are known to exist and sometimes appear for sale as historical documents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe note is a standard piece of social correspondence, indicating an invitation to dine on a specific Tuesday in May of that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Mr and Mrs Benzon\" mentioned in the letter were likely Elizabeth and Frederick Benzon, close friends of Charles Dickens in the 1860s. 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Hall, 1760.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered is an original eighteenth-century Philadelphia printing of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An Extract from a Treatise by William Law, M.A. called, The Spirit of Prayer; or, The Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eternity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Benjamin Franklin and his business partner David Hall in Philadelphia in 1760.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Law was one of the most influential devotional writers of the eighteenth century. His works profoundly influenced the religious thought of John Wesley, George Whitefield, and many figures associated with the evangelical revival. 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Hall, 1760.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered is an original eighteenth-century Philadelphia printing of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An Extract from a Treatise by William Law, M.A. called, The Spirit of Prayer; or, The Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eternity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Benjamin Franklin and his business partner David Hall in Philadelphia in 1760.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete 55 pages with marbled covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Law was one of the most influential devotional writers of the eighteenth century. His works profoundly influenced the religious thought of John Wesley, George Whitefield, and many figures associated with the evangelical revival. 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Written by the author of Common Sense, Rights of Man stands among the most influential political works ever published, defending representative government, natural rights, and the principles of the French Revolution in response to Edmund Burke's famous conservative critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work was printed during the first years of the Washington administration and circulated widely throughout the young United States, helping shape the political debates of the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Philadelphia edition printed by Samuel Harrison Smith is among the earliest American appearances of Paine's masterpiece and represents a cornerstone of Revolutionary and Early Republic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Thomas Paine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle: Rights of Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlace: Philadelphia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinter: Samuel Harrison Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDate: 1791\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdition statement: Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with title page and final page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeriod paper-covered boards present. Significant age wear, water staining, cover loss, spine deterioration, edge chipping, and handling wear consistent with a heavily used eighteenth-century political pamphlet. Text remains legible and highly displayable. 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