BIB_ID
290246
Accession number
MA 105.1
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
[1835 Dec. 17].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 2 engravings and 73 letters primarily from Charles Dickens to John Macrone. Letters are cataloged individually in 75 records (MA 105.1-75); see related records for full description.
With seal and postmark (18 December 1835) and addressed to "John Macrone Esqre / 3 St. James's Square / London." Docketed.
Written from Northampton. Signed Charles Dickens.
With seal and postmark (18 December 1835) and addressed to "John Macrone Esqre / 3 St. James's Square / London." Docketed.
Written from Northampton. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Noting that Dickens is obliged to remain in Kettering until Monday and that during his absence [George] Hogarth is reading the proofs [of Sketches by Boz]. Mentioning that Dickens is "perfectly satisfied" with Macrone's arrangements with [the printer Charles] Whiting, and inquiring after Mrs. Macrone.
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