Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his sister Letitia [Mrs. Henry Austin], 1861 Oct. 17.

BIB_ID
290676
Accession number
MA 112.5
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his sister Letitia; the letters are described separately (MA 112.1-77).
Written on stationery with "Office of All the Year Round, A Weekly Journal Conducted by Charles Dickens" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
Summary
Discussing his sister's lease and saying he thinks he should talk to a solicitor [Edward Peter De Gex] before she contacts the owner of the house; telling her that he has to go back to Gad's Hill; recommending that she go away and offering her "ready money for the purpose."