Example invitations and replies for dinners and luncheons
For dinners and luncheons An informal invitation to dinner is sent by the wife, for her husband and herself, to the wife. This invitation must include the latter's husband. It is simply a friendly note. The wife signs her Christian name, her maiden name (or more usually the initial of her maiden name), and her married name. Five Hundred Park Avenue, December 5th, 1922. My dear Mrs. Trent, Will you and Mr. Trent give us the pleasure of your company at a small dinner on Tuesday, December the twelfth, at seven o'clock? I hope you will not be otherwise engaged on that evening as we are looking forward to seeing you. Very sincerely yours, Katherine G. Evans. To cancel an informal dinner invitation My dear Mrs. Trent, On account of the sudden death of my brother, I regret to be obliged to recall the invitation for our dinner on Tuesday, December the twelfth. Sincerely yours, Katherine G. Evans. December 8, 1922. Accepting 788 East Forty-Sixth Street, December 7th, 1922. My dear Mrs. Evans, Mr. Trent and I will be very glad to dine with you on Tuesday, December the twelfth, at seven o'clock. With kind regards, I am Very sincerely yours, Charlotte B. Trent Regretting 788 East Forty-Sixth Street, December 7th, 1922. My dear Mrs. Evans, More Free Sample Letters at sample-letters.co.uk
We regret deeply that we cannot accept your kind invitation to dine with you on Tuesday, December the twelfth. Mr. Trent and I, unfortunately, have a previous engagement for that evening. With cordial regards, I am Yours very sincerely, Charlotte B. Trent. The daughter as hostess When a daughter must act as hostess in her father's home, she includes his name in every dinner invitation she issues, as in the following: 340 Madison Avenue, January 2, 1921. My dear Mrs. Evans, Father wishes me to ask whether you and Mr. Evans will give us the pleasure of dining with us on Wednesday, January the fifteenth, at quarter past seven o'clock. We do hope you can come. Very sincerely yours, Edith Haines. The answer to this invitation of a daughter-hostess must be sent to the daughter, not to the father. Accepting My dear Miss Haines, We shall be delighted to accept your father's kind invitation to dine with you on Wednesday, January the fifteenth, at quarter past seven o'clock. With most cordial wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, Katherine G. Evans. January 5, 1922 Regretting My dear Miss Haines, We regret exceedingly that we cannot accept your father's kind invitation to dine with you on Wednesday, January the fifteenth. A previous engagement of Mr. Evans prevents it. Will you convey to him our thanks? Very sincerely yours, Katherine Gerard Evans. January 5, 1922.
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Adding additional details The invitation to an informal dinner may necessarily include some additional details. For example: Five Hundred Park Avenue, September 16, 1920. My dear Mr. Allen, Mr. Evans and I have just returned from Canada and we hear that you are in New York for a short visit. We should like to have you take dinner with us on Friday, the twentieth, at half-past seven o'clock, if your time will permit. We hope you can arrange to come as there are many things back home in old Sharon that we are anxious to hear about. Yours very sincerely, Katherine Gerard Evans. Mr. Roger Allen Hotel Gotham New York Accepting Hotel Gotham, September 17, 1920. My dear Mrs. Evans, I shall be very glad to accept your kind invitation to dinner on Friday, September the twentieth, at half-past seven o'clock. The prospect of seeing you and Mr. Evans again is very delightful and I am sure I have several interesting things to tell you. Yours very sincerely, Roger Allen. Mrs. John Evans 500 Park Avenue New York Regretting Hotel Gotham, September 16, 1920. My dear Mrs. Evans, I am sorry to miss the pleasure of accepting your kind invitation to dinner on Friday, September the twentieth. A business engagement compels me to leave New York to-morrow. There are indeed many More Free Sample Letters at sample-letters.co.uk
interesting bits of news, but I shall have to wait for a chat until my next visit. With kindest regards to you both, I am Very sincerely yours, Roger Allen. Mrs. John Evans 500 Park Avenue New York A last-moment vacancy: A last-moment vacancy may occur in a dinner party. To send an invitation to fill such a vacancy is a matter requiring tact, and the recipient should be made to feel that you are asking him to fill in as a special courtesy. Frankly explain the situation in a short note. It might be something like this: 500 Park Avenue, February 16, 1922. My dear Mr. Jarrett, Will you help me out? I am giving a little dinner party to-morrow evening and one of my guests, Harry Talbot, has just told me that on account of a sudden death he cannot be present. It is an awkward situation. If you can possibly come, I shall be very grateful. Cordially yours, Katherine G. Evans. Mr. Harold Jarrett 628 Washington Square South New York Accepting 628 Washington Square South, February 16, 1922. My dear Mrs. Evans, It is indeed a fortunate circumstance for me that Harry Talbot will not be able to attend your dinner. Let me thank you for thinking of me and I shall be delighted to accept. Yours very sincerely, Harold Jarrett. If the recipient of such an invitation cannot accept, he should, in his acknowledgment, give a good reason for declining. It is more considerate to do so.
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