BIB_ID
290912
Accession number
MA 107.83
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1869 Oct. 18.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 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."
Written on Gad's Hill Place stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Summary
Looking forward to Macready's visit the following summer, and mentioning work on a new book [Edwin Drood]. Mentioning his reading schedule and Forster's health. Noting that Harry has returned to Cambridge, and that Sydney is now a Second Lieutenant. Mentioning Horne's return from Australia and Dickens' intention not to resume their friendship.
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