BIB_ID
289811
Accession number
MA 94.101
Creator
Young, Julian Charles, 1806-1873.
Display Date
[1870 or later].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 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.
The letter is dated "Wednesday."
Written on paper with "Fairlight. Torquay." printed at the top.
The letter is dated "Wednesday."
Written on paper with "Fairlight. Torquay." printed at the top.
Summary
Mentioning Charles Dickens' death; describing how John Forster would "put his hand before his face and remain silent (from emotion) for some minutes" every time Dickens' name was mentioned.
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