BIB_ID
107336
Accession number
MA 97.1
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
[1843] Dec. 4.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Bound at the front of the autograph manuscript of A Christmas Carol (MA 97).
From the Arnold Collection.
High reserve.
With "Wait." and Charles Dickens' signature on the front of the envelope.
With seal.
Written at Devonshire Terrace; sent to Mitton at 23 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane.
From the Arnold Collection.
High reserve.
With "Wait." and Charles Dickens' signature on the front of the envelope.
With seal.
Written at Devonshire Terrace; sent to Mitton at 23 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane.
Summary
Telling Mitton that his [Dickens'] account at Coutts & Co. is overdrawn and asking him to "turn over in [his] mind ... how [Dickens] can best put £200 into Coutts's"; suggesting that Mitton loan him the money; saying that he could get "double the sum" from Chapman and Hall, only he has sent them "a most tremendous letter" and told them, "Do this -- Do that -- Do the other -- keep away from me -- and be damned"; complaining that Chapman and Hall have not advertised A Christmas Carol properly; mentioning William Bradbury; noting that the people who have seen his book are "unanimous in their predictions" and "hot in their approval"; expressing his hope that he will be rich by "March or so."
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