BIB_ID
289464
Accession number
MA 93.49
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1856 June 6.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Letters are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
The facts about Dickens' early life mentioned in this biographical sketch are all reproduced by Forgues in his "L'Ami de la Maison."
Written from Tavistock House. Signed CD.
The facts about Dickens' early life mentioned in this biographical sketch are all reproduced by Forgues in his "L'Ami de la Maison."
Written from Tavistock House. Signed CD.
Summary
Giving a biographical sketch to be used by Forgues in an essay, noting that "This is the first time [he] ever set down even these particulars, and, glancing them over, [feels] like a Wild Beast in a Caravan, describing himself in the keeper's absence."
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