BIB_ID
289434
Accession number
MA 93.43
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1856 Feb. 12.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Collins suffered from rheumatic gout, and the "Doctor" Dickens references may be Collins' parter Caroline Graves.--Cf. House, p. 53, n. 4.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from 49 Champs Elysées. Signed CD.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from 49 Champs Elysées. Signed CD.
Summary
Thanking him for a letter and looking foreword to his arrival in Paris, discussing various routes for travel. Noting that he told the rest of their party that Collins had a touch of his "old complaint, and had turned back to consult [his] Doctor."
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