1853 MISS PRINCE ACADEMY OF DANCE LONDON letter from New York City

[1853 MISS PRINCE'S ACADEMY OF DANCING, LONDON, LETTER FROM NEW YORK FREIND] 1853 LETTER TO "MISS PRINCE" IN LONDON FROM "YOUR FRIEND, ELIZABETH S. CHARLES" [?, name unclear from handwriting], dated New York, Oct. 29th / 53 [1853], one sheet of paper folded to 4" x 6-1/2" with two horizontal folds for mailing in small envelope addressed to "Miss Prince, 48 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London" in lower left corner "Mr. Gaston Pearson", 3-1/2 pages/about 225 words, Miss Prince's friend in New York City writes about her few visits with a mutual acquaintance, thanks Miss Prince for the "nice biscuits you have sent me", but writes mainly to introduce Gaston Pearson who "leaves today [for London] for his health", letter reads in part, "[His] stay in London will be very short…as he hastens on to a warmer climate…I am anxious that he be with you [to stay in Miss Prince's comfortable home, and to be with someone who will care for him if he gets ill]…I am glad you decided not to go to Sidney…should Mister Pearson intend visiting the Isle of White [sic for Wight], will you give him a line [note of introduction] to your sister…"; NOTES: MISS PRINCE, known throughout the British Empire and internationally for her Academy of Dancing, and evening Soirees Dansantes in Portman Square, London…"The Polka and German Waltz, form the chief practice at Miss Prince's Soirées Dansantes"(London Morning Post, May 3, 1844)…"Miss Prince's Academy of Dancing has re-commenced for the season, and is now held…27, Edwards Street, Portman Square" (Allen's Indian Mail…, 1848)…the British novelist William Makepeace Thackery referred to Miss Prince in an imaginary letter to a New York correspondent, "I should very likely have reported myself in Portman Street, but I remembered how you had Miss Prince to luncheon and how I should be de trop." (Thackery, 1854 reply to an "Imaginary Letter from New York" included in "A Collection of Letters from W. M. Thackery, 1847-1855); PROVENANCE: letter was among a large group of Pearson family letters and related papers acquired by the seller /// CONDITION: well-preserved, minimal wear, handwriting mostly readily legible.