BIB_ID
234955
Accession number
MA 4979.20
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
[1859].
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Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters between Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 4979 for more information.
The envelope is addressed to Sir James Emerson Tennent, Board of Trade, Whitehall; it includes a seal but not a postmark or stamp.
The pages are numbered 129-131 and 133.
The envelope is addressed to Sir James Emerson Tennent, Board of Trade, Whitehall; it includes a seal but not a postmark or stamp.
The pages are numbered 129-131 and 133.
Summary
This is the "rough proof" of the "Elephant Paper" Dickens says he is sending Tennent in a letter dated Nov. 19, 1859 (MA 4979.9). The article reviews Tennent's book on Ceylon [Ceylon, an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical], with a focus on Tennent's descriptions of elephants.
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