BIB_ID
290424
Accession number
MA 105.39
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1836 Dec. 2.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.5 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 addressed to "T. C. Hansard Esqre. / Paternoster Row."
Written from Furnvals Inn. Signed Charles Dickens. Docketed.
With seal and addressed to "T. C. Hansard Esqre. / Paternoster Row."
Written from Furnvals Inn. Signed Charles Dickens. Docketed.
Summary
Accepting Hansard's offer and the offer made by Hansard on behalf of Macrone, in which Macrone offers Dickens £100 for the Second Edition [of Sketches by Boz]. Noting that Dickens "will sign these two agreements together, but not one without the other." Discussing his disagreement with Macrone, noting that Hansard knows nothing of the situation and that Dickens "decline[s] entering into any negociation with Mr. Macrone having reference to any other engagements ... so long as that misunderstanding remains in its present state."
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