BIB_ID
291076
Accession number
MA 112.48
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 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
Sending her a cheque for £40; encouraging her to rely on the "mercy and goodness of God"; saying that he "fully believe[s] that [she] will ... find a peaceful resting place even on this care worn earth"; suggesting that "our prolonged grief for the beloved Dead, may grieve them in their unknown abiding place and give them trouble."
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