BIB_ID
289607
Accession number
MA 93.117
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1863 Aug. 9.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 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
Praising Collins' winter plans and mentioning the weather. Referencing the American Civil War, discussing conscription in New York. Mentioning visitors and his intention of "evaporating for a fortnight."
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