BIB_ID
291077
Accession number
MA 113.1
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Wednesday Night [1835 Jan. 7].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Henry Austin Esqure / 23 Grove Place / Lisson Grove."
Letter is dated in House, p. 52.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Furnivals Inn. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Letter is dated in House, p. 52.
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Furnivals Inn. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Noting that he has "just been ordered on a journey" to Essex and Suffolk [to report on the elections]. Mentioning that he may return on Sunday, and humorously describing his plans to travel by stage.
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