Autograph Letter Signed to I[saac]. Wilkinson[, Manager and Secretary of the Brighton Aquarium].

One page, quarto. Very good, though slightly aged and creased, and with minor damp staining at foot, affecting bottom three lines including signature. Wilkinson has written to say that he 'has not the space' Smith has 'named'. '[Y]ou express an opinion that Circus business would pay, & I, from my personal knowledge of Brighton & experience therein, feel sure a really good Circus would prove an immense attraction & a paying one, & would stand some time by introducing fresh novelties'. He knows Wilkinson's 'building very well & think I can suggest a way of fitting a Ring without interfering in any way with your ordinary concerts & Ent[ertainme]nts'. Suggest a meeting and proposes time. '[I]t ould be better for all concerned if my clients could arrange with you in preference to taking, or putting up, a building especially for Circus business'. He would also like to see Wilkinson 'about something for the Exhibition Room'.