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.
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."
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