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Tooke (Thomas) Autograph letter signed ('Tho. Tooke') to Mrs Hawes, reading "I deferred acknowledging your kind invitation to me and my son for Saturday evening till I should have seen my son who has been out of town so as to convey his answer along with my own. He is just returned to London and desires me to express his regret that an engagement at a very late dinner at the Regent's Park on that evening will give him little chance of being able to join your party within any reasonable time [...] I shall be happy to attend your soiree on Saturday sacrificing most readily Mr Babbage to your superior attraction", two pages, folding marks, pencil annotations, 8vo, 12 June n.y. ***Thomas Tooke (28 February 1774 – 26 February 1858) was an English economist known for writing on money and economic statistic. He served several terms between 1840 and 1852 as governor of the Royal Exchange Corporation