92 Clinton Place [note: N.Y.C. or the Bronx]

March 25 [1887]

Dear Charlie:

Delighted you are in town! Come down & see us at any hour. We are engaged tomorrow & Friday eves. I’ll try to see you tomorrow. Have had a two weeks card for Players club [1] sent you. Very nice quiet club. Go there, do!

Yours in haste

Francisco de Milleto

Notes

1. The Players Club, built in 1847 and founded by Edwin Booth, the actor and brother of the assassin of President Lincoln, still exists at 16 Gramercy Park in New York. According to a Wikipedia entry, members of the Players originally included the local pillars of society of the day, prominent bankers, lawyers and businessmen, as well as those identified with other arts - writers, journalists, sculptors, architects and painters. Today it serves as a social club but is also a repository of American and British theatre history, memorabilia, and theatrical artifacts