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Autograph letter signed : Chester, to Charles Dickens, [1852 Feb. 5].

BIB_ID
126229
Accession number
MA 104.20
Creator
Muspratt, Sheridan, 1821-1871.
Display Date
[1852 Feb. 5].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Includes a letter from Dickens to William Henry Wills (dated Feb. 6, 1852?) on p. 3.
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.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Telling him that he has sold all the tickets for the play in Liverpool; asking if Dickens can give a second performance. Dickens forwards Muspratt's letter to William Henry Wills and asks him to write to Muspratt. The letters mention [Douglas] Jerrold, [Mark] Lemon, and [John] Forster.