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Autograph letter signed : [London], to the editor of Bell's weekly messenger, 1839 Dec. 31.

BIB_ID
282118
Accession number
MA 3.3
Creator
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.
Display Date
1839 Dec. 31.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Bound in a volume containing 15 of Ainsworth's letters, 2 engravings, and signed autograph agreements for the publication of 8 of his novels.
From Forster's Life of Dickens.
Sent from St. James' Square.
The date appears to read 1809 but is more likely 1839 since The tower of London was published in 1840.
Summary
Sending the first installment of his new romance to a periodical editor.