BIB_ID
107345
Accession number
MA 1202.2
Creator
Dickens, Mamie, 1838-1896.
Display Date
1874 Feb. 6.
Credit line
Purchased, 1944.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
One of two letters accompanying the autograph manuscript of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. Letters are cataloged individually (MA 1202.1-2); see related records for full description.
With stamps and postmarks and addressed to "America / Private / George W. Childs Esq. / "Public Ledger" Office / Philadelphia."
Written on stationery embossed "81, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W." Signed "Mamie Dickens."
With stamps and postmarks and addressed to "America / Private / George W. Childs Esq. / "Public Ledger" Office / Philadelphia."
Written on stationery embossed "81, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W." Signed "Mamie Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased from the Drexel Institute Sale, New York, October 17, 1944 (cat. no. 67).
Summary
Asking his aid in obtaining employment in America for her brother Frank Dickens.
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