BIB_ID
290456
Accession number
MA 105.53
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1839 May 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mr. J. A. Overs / Messers. Springweiler & Co. / 2 Duke Street / West Smithfield / London."
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.
Written from Doughty Street. Signed Charles Dickens.
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.
Written from Doughty Street. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Suggesting that Overs address a private note to Ainsworth regarding a contribution to [Bentley's] Miscellany, noting that since Dickens had communicated with Ainsworth regarding Overs, Overs has "a direct claim upon him." Also reflecting that "booksellers (as a class) are not remarkable for anything but dishonesty."
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