BIB_ID
289492
Accession number
MA 94.24
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1844 Feb. 18.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 9.2 x 11.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Dickens to his contemporaries. Items in the collection are described separately. See MA 94 for more information.
With seal.
With seal.
Summary
Canceling a dinner with Harley because he has a cold; describing his ailment: "To day I am neither useful nor ornamental -- simply stupid, drowsy, sniveling, ugly, red-nosed, watery-eyed, and gasping."
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