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Letter from Augustus Dickens, London, to Thomas Chapman, 1848 May 20 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
196153
Accession number
MA 14006.1
Creator
Dickens, Augustus N., 1827-1866.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 May 20.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 19.9 x 12.7 cm
Notes
Written on printed stationery reading: London, 2, Leadenhall Street.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Explaining to his employer that his fiance's guardians have withheld their consent to his proposed marriage to their ward, Miss (Harriet) Lovell, citing the couple's anticipated income of £250 a year as insufficient to properly maintain them; expressing his concern for Miss Lovell and for her fragile health should the marriage be delayed, and requesting that Chapman raise his salary to £170 a year.