BIB_ID
289604
Accession number
MA 93.114
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1863 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 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.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed CD.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed CD.
Summary
Thanking Collins for a copy of [No Name], noting that Dickens "is delighted (but not surprised) to hear of tis wonderful sale." Mentioning his travel plans, and inviting Collins to dine on Thursday next. Discussing Collins' health, wondering whether there are " baths that would drive the rheumatic Devil out of [Collins'] game leg."
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