BIB_ID
290333
Accession number
MA 106.8
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
[1837 Nov. 15].
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence between Charles Dickens and William Charles Macready. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 106 for more information.
The letter is dated "Wednesday evening"; the exact date is from House and Storey.
Written on mourning stationery.
The letter is dated "Wednesday evening"; the exact date is from House and Storey.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Inviting him to a "semi-business semi-pleasure" dinner to celebrate "the conclusion of [his] Pickwick labours"; noting that [Thomas Noon] Talfourd, [John] Forster, [William Harrison] Ainsworth, [William] Jerdan, and the publishers are also invited.
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