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Autograph letter signed with initials : Higham, to his sister Letitia [Mrs. Henry Austin], 1862 Aug. 23.

BIB_ID
291073
Accession number
MA 112.46
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 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 "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
Summary
Discussing his efforts to secure her annuity; noting that he has "received from Lord Palmerston the assurance that [her] Memorial ... shall be duly considered when the next pensions are allotted"; mentioning that Georgina [Hogarth] "continues much better."