BIB_ID
290655
Accession number
MA 107.31
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1857 July 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 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 107 for more information.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD." Docketed.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD." Docketed.
Summary
Asking Macready what he gave his son Ned [Edward] when he left for India, referencing Walter Dickens' intended voyage, noting that Dickens is "anxious not to do too much in this regard; but at the same time not to do too little." hoping that Macready will still visit Gad's Hill that summer and mentioning his reading schedule.
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