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], 1862 May 8.

BIB_ID
290743
Accession number
MA 112.33
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 12.3 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 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
Saying that he will help her buy "£500 worth of some good stock or bonds that will pay 4 percent"; noting that the "readings are becoming very trying"; offering to send her tickets for a reading of David Copperfield on June 6.