BIB_ID
289586
Accession number
MA 93.101
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1861 May 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 1/4 p.) ; 17.7 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 "good account of last night" is a reference to Collins having taken the chair at the Newsvendors' Benevolent Institution's annual Dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, in place of Dickens who was convalescing at Dover.
Written from Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. Unsigned; lower 1/3 of second sheet cut away, probably containing salutation and signature.
The "good account of last night" is a reference to Collins having taken the chair at the Newsvendors' Benevolent Institution's annual Dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, in place of Dickens who was convalescing at Dover.
Written from Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. Unsigned; lower 1/3 of second sheet cut away, probably containing salutation and signature.
Summary
Congratulating Collins on the "good account of last night" and discussing mutual acquaintances in the voices of Dr. Johnson and Boswell. Referencing the completion of [Great Expectations] and proposing that they meet about the Christmas number [for All the Year Round].
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