Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from John Forster, London, to William Harness, 1844 December 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
103374
Accession number
MA 1585
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Display Date
1844 December 2 :
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 11.2 x 9.0 cm
Notes
Written from "58, Lincolns Inn Fields."
This reading of "The Chimes" was the earliest of Dickens' private readings.
Provenance
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1954.
Summary
Inviting him to a reading by Charles Dickens; saying "Dickens is in town for four days (!). Will you come here tomorrow (Tuesday) Evening at 1/2 past 6 to hear him read in his little story? It is a Tea-Party - Dickens objecting on this occasion to anything more jovial! So will you come? Be punctual if you do."