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.

Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, [1852].

BIB_ID
120930
Accession number
MA 104.16
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
[1852].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to Charles and Catherine Dickens. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 104 for more information.
Written from 4 Hertford St. and dated "Friday"; the year is based on Bulwer Lytton's reference to "the canvas," which he also mentions in a letter dated 1852 Apr. 4 (MA 104.15).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Saying that he is "unexpectedly obliged to give up the pleasure of dining with [her] today" because he must attend to "business connected with the canvas."