BIB_ID
289593
Accession number
MA 94.50
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1858 July 15.
Credit line
Gift of Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm
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 a note in Belle Greene's hand on the verso: "This letter was presented to Mr. Pierpont Morgan by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1907."
Written on stationery with "Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. W.C." printed at the top.
With a note in Belle Greene's hand on the verso: "This letter was presented to Mr. Pierpont Morgan by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1907."
Written on stationery with "Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London. W.C." printed at the top.
Summary
Refuting rumors that Dickens is involved with "Miss Ternan." Saying that it is a relief to write this letter; noting that Spofford's "Cousin Fanny" [Frances Ternan] has shown him a letter from Spofford "in which reference is made to me"; explaining his interest in and respect for Fanny: "you may be sure ... that there could not live upon this earth a man more blamelessly and openly her friend than I am, or to whom her honor could be dearer than it is to me"; referring to "wild misrepresentation" and "amazing falsehood."
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