BIB_ID
106219
Accession number
MA 1352.605
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Broadstairs, England, 1843 September 17.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Broadstairs, Kent. / Seventeenth September 1843."
Written from "Broadstairs, Kent. / Seventeenth September 1843."
Provenance
The letters formed part of the Burdett-Coutts sale (Sotheby, 17 May 1922); they were purchased for Oliver W. Barrett in whose collection they remained until it was sold by his son (Parke-Bernet, 31 October 1951).
Summary
Expressing pleasure with an agreement by Smithson to a proposal made by Mitton and saying he is "...not surprised at your having enjoyed yourself at Easthorpe, for it is a most enjoyable place;" referring to a date sent to him from Manchester that he believes is in error; concluding "The weather here is gorgeous, but the heat terrific. All well except Mrs. D who has ailed very much this time, and suffers a good deal. The next Number, bangs all the others!" .
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