William Hone to John Childs, 19 January, 1820 An Electronic Edition William Hone Kyle Grimes

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Transcribed and edited from the original in the British Library, Add. MS 40120, ff. 127-28.
William Hone to John Childs, 19 January, 1820.British Library, Add. MS 40120, ff. 127-28. [return] — -TEI-
London
19 Jan 1820 My dear Sir,

I find I cannot leave London as I purposed, to attend the Fox Norwich DinnerAn annual dinner held in St. Andrews Hall, Norwich, in honor of the celebrated statesman Charles James Fox. The 1820 dinner, held on 24 January, was particularly noteworthy for an extended discussion of Peterloo and other matters regarding "The State of the Country." The proceedings of the meeting were published in the Norwich Mercury and then excerpted and published as a separate pamphlet. [return] — and have only time to say this — and that the occasion of my remaining is the Man in the MoonHone's Man in the Moon, begun in December of 1819, was published on 20 January, 1820. [return] which requires a personal superintendence — I assure you I promised myself great pleasure in seeing you but it "must not be."

Yrs faithfully W Hone

[Addressed:] Mr. John Childs, Bungay