BIB_ID
289767
Accession number
MA 109.14
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 Oct. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written from Broadstairs, Kent. Signed Charles Dickens.
Written from Broadstairs, Kent. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Discussing the profits [from the Cheap Edition], wishing them larger, but acknowledging "the times have not been such as to justify any sanguine expectations in that regard." Asking Chapman to reduce the numbers printed, thinking "that the stock on hand is too large," and to deposit the balance into his account at Coutts & Co.
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