Autograph Letter, Signed: Inviting Miss Chappell to luncheon at the Cafe Verrey.

4 1/2 in. x 7 1/8 in., handwritten letter on a larger, folded sheet of gray notepaper with the printed address: 74, Lancaster Gate, W. A central, horizontal fold from being folded for mailing, two small stains to the front, and some paste marks and abrasions to the back of the sheet, from being detached from another sheet of paper. To one of his women correspondents during the late 19th century in England, Miss Chappell, the daughter of music historian, William Chappell. "Wednesday Dear Miss Chappell, Will you give me the pleasure of your company at luncheon at the Cafe Verrey 229 Regent St. [London] on Thursday the 17th 2 PM? There will be only a small party, some of whom you may know. Yours truly [signed] Bret Harte". A few of the Bret Harte letters to Miss Chappell were published in the early 20th century.