BIB_ID
290680
Accession number
MA 112.7
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his sister Letitia; the letters are described separately (MA 112.1-77).
The signature of the letter has been cut off.
Written on mourning stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
The signature of the letter has been cut off.
Written on mourning stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
Summary
Sending her a cheque for £50; discussing her negotiations with her landlord; saying he is glad she has "been out in the air"; promising to write to her "from many points of [his] Tour."
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