BIB_ID
289566
Accession number
MA 94.41
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Oct. 9.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 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 postmark and seal.
Written on mourning stationery.
With postmark and seal.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Congratulating him on having money in his pocket; mentioning that he is starting a new book [Bleak House] and moving to a new house in Tavistock Square; describing the renovations at Tavistock House; saying that "there is no chance of a country holiday" for him right now because he is so busy.
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