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Letter from C. Wentworth Dilke, London, to Octavian Blewitt, 1846 October 7 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
107350
Accession number
MA 22746
Creator
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir, 1810-1869.
Display Date
London, England, 1846 October 7.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written from "5 Upper Wellington Street."
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of John Forster, The life of Charles Dickens (London : Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874).
Octavian Blewitt was an English writer and the Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund from 1839 until his death.
Summary
Congratulating him on his marriage on behalf of his fellow proprietors of The Gardener's Chronicle and sending him a wedding gift of a pair of plates; adding "Should we have selected what you are already provided with, will you oblige us by calling on Mr. Thomas, silversmith, corner of Craven Street, Strand, & choosing for yourself. He is prepared should you visit him."