BIB_ID
196177
Accession number
MA 14019.1
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1860 April 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written on stationery printed, "Tavistock House, / Tavistock Square, London W C."
Rev. William Bell was a co-principal of the naval school at North Grove House, where Sydney Dickens attended as a student.
With a draft of Bell's reply on the verso of the first page, promising strict compliance with Dickens's request and adding that Sydney Dickens "only had leave to to Mr. White & Capt. Evelegh's. Shd. you wish the latter'sinvitations not to be accepted in future, perhaps you will kindly let us know."
Rev. William Bell was a co-principal of the naval school at North Grove House, where Sydney Dickens attended as a student.
With a draft of Bell's reply on the verso of the first page, promising strict compliance with Dickens's request and adding that Sydney Dickens "only had leave to to Mr. White & Capt. Evelegh's. Shd. you wish the latter'sinvitations not to be accepted in future, perhaps you will kindly let us know."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Noting that his son Sydney has made reference in a letter "to some 'Irish nobleman' residing in your neighborhood, whom he thinks he is going to visit", and requesting that his son not be granted any leave of absence "without a letter from me."
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