BIB_ID
290737
Accession number
MA 107.54
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1862 July 2.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 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 on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens." Docketed.
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens." Docketed.
Summary
Mentioning that the readings have "been surprising successful in London." Discussing "the sudden decline of the health and spirit of Georgina," noting that "she is labouring under degeneration of the heart" and that "all that alacrity and 'cheer of spirit' that used to distinguish her, are gone." Hoping to remove the Dickens' "best and dearest friend" to Paris to recover. Looking forward to Macready's visit, and mentioning his intention to read Gould's "John Doe and Richard Roe."
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