BIB_ID
290379
Accession number
MA 105.35
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
[1836 Feb. 2].
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Letter is dated by House, p. 123.
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 addressed to "John Macrone Esqre / St. James's Square."
Written from Furnvals Inn. Signed Charles Dickens. Docketed.
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 addressed to "John Macrone Esqre / St. James's Square."
Written from Furnvals Inn. Signed Charles Dickens. Docketed.
Summary
Enclosing (pasted above the salutation) a "modest paragraph" advertising the forthcoming of Sketches by Boz. Noting that Dickens "really cannot do the tremendous in puffing [him]self," and asking when copies of the book will be available, stating that he will direct "some to such Newspapers as [he] is interested in."
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