BIB_ID
290688
Accession number
MA 112.9
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 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
Recommending that she take her lodgings for six months; saying he will be at the office all next week; advising her to select what furniture to keep based not just on its usefulness but also on her "affectionate remembrances."
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