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Autograph letter signed : Isle of Wight, to R. H. Horne, 1849 July 28.

BIB_ID
289533
Accession number
MA 94.36
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 July 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
With postmark, seal, and stamp. The envelope is endorsed by Horne: "With copy of note from me for Van Voorst to see."
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.
Summary
Quoting from a letter from Van Voorst in which he offers to publish Horne's manuscript if Horne will make alterations and accept £50 for the copyright; explaining that [John] Forster introduced him to Van Voorst.