BIB_ID
290684
Accession number
MA 112.8
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.3 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 mourning stationery.
Written on mourning stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
Summary
Discussing whether she should sell or store her furniture; stressing that she should try to get rid of the house "at the half quarter"; describing a "tremendous storm" he saw at Dover.
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