BIB_ID
196172
Accession number
MA 14016
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1851 February 20.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 16.9 x 10.8 cm
Notes
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
From the John Keymer Album.
Probably written in response to a request for tickets to the dinner held in honor of William C. Macready upon his retirement from the stage in London, March 1, 1851.
On verso, in an unidentified hand, "Charles Dickens 1837."
From the John Keymer Album.
Probably written in response to a request for tickets to the dinner held in honor of William C. Macready upon his retirement from the stage in London, March 1, 1851.
On verso, in an unidentified hand, "Charles Dickens 1837."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that he will be unable to oblige him, as "every ticket [to the dinner for William Macready?] that can possibly issued is sold, and every inch of space appropriated."
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