The Inner Light

To the Editor of the Era: Café de la Régence, Paris, October 6, 1858 Sir:      May I request you to add to the great kindness shown me by your paper since my arrival in Europe, by publishing in your forthcoming number the accompanying copy of a letter to Howard Staunton, Esq. I hall esteem it a favor, as I am most desirous that my true position with reference to that gentleman should at length be put in its proper light before the public.      I have the honor to remain, sir, Your very obedient servant Paul Morphy

Paul Charles Morphy by Granger (1858)