New York, November 10th, 1877. : William W. Story, Esq., Dear Sir: Although you have been long absent from your native land, your fellow countrymen have watched your career with pride and pleasure, recognizing that your renown in the art to which you have devoted your life is an added lustre to the American name. A few of your friends and admirers in New York desire to express, in a social and formal way, their high regard for you, and we therefore beg that you will give us the honor of your company at dinner at the Union League Club, on Thursday, November 15th, at seven o'clock. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, William Cullen Bryant ... Thomas Hicks

"New York, November 10th, 1877. : William W. Story, Esq., Dear Sir: Although you have been long absent from your native land, your fellow countrymen have watched your career with pride and pleasure, recognizing that your renown in the art to which you have devoted your life is an added lustre to the American name. A few of your friends and admirers in New York desire to express, in a social and formal way, their high regard for you, and we therefore beg that you will give us the honor of your company at dinner at the Union League Club, on Thursday, November 15th, at seven o'clock. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, William Cullen Bryant ... Thomas Hicks"@en