BIB_ID
125720
Accession number
MA 1352.664
Creator
Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881.
Display Date
London, England, 1856 October 30.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.0 x 20.1 cm
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 ten letters written by Catherine Dickens to Angela Burdett Coutts and 73 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner. See the collection-level record for more information.
Written from "66, Lincoln's Inn Fields / London, / 30 Oct 1856" and giving Mrs. Brown's address as "Royal Hotel / Teignmouth / Devon."
Written from "66, Lincoln's Inn Fields / London, / 30 Oct 1856" and giving Mrs. Brown's address as "Royal Hotel / Teignmouth / Devon."
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
Discussing legal issues related to alterations to a Deed [created for an Exhibition in her husband's memory at St. George's Hospital]; suggesting a clause to be added to the Deed to address the question of "...if during a vacancy a dividend should fall due, such dividend would be payable to the Exhibitioner on his election;" adding that if she has no objection to the clause he suggests he will "...see the Medical Council & explain the effect of the deed as it stands and then decide with them, whether the addition be desireable or not. When the time comes for making the investment it will be sufficient if you send the enclosed note signed by you to Miss Coutts." .
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