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Autograph letter signed "Joe" : Higham, to Mary Boyle, 1861 Dec. 28.

BIB_ID
289754
Accession number
MA 94.90
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1861 Dec. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 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.
Written on mourning stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
Summary
Telling her that he read her letter with "the greatest interest and pleasure"; noting that he is going away again to give more readings; mentioning that "the little Admiral" [Dickens' son Sydney?] sailed for America in the Orlando.