From the author of one of the political histories which shaped early American political thought, to one of the most important publishers of his age. Grote writes to the publisher John Murray (1808-1892) to say that he and Mrs Grote will be dining with Mr Ord and so cannot accept Murray’s invitation. The letter was written from Grote’s Savile Row residence, where he died in 1871. Murray published Grote’s famous History of Greece, a huge success both sides of the Atlantic and a lasting influence on early American political thought.