BIB_ID
289832
Accession number
MA 109.19
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1863 Sept. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Chapman and Hall accepted these terms for Our Mutual Friend and Heads of an Agreement were drawn up on 30 September 1863.--Cf. Storey, p. 287, n. 1.
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. No signature, but not apparently cut away.
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Written on All the Year Round stationery. No signature, but not apparently cut away.
Summary
Discussing a new work in 20 monthly numbers [Our Mutual Friend], proposing that Chapman and Hall pay Dickens £6000 for half of the copyright throughout and outright. Noting that he cannot bind himself to the time of commencement, but is "really anxious to get into the field before next Spring is out."
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