BIB_ID
291097
Accession number
MA 113.7
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1837 Jan. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
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 15 Furnivals Inn. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from 15 Furnivals Inn. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Warmly welcoming Austin to the family, and expressing great happiness at his engagement with Letitia Dickens. Hoping that should Dickens ever have a marriageable daughter, she "may be fortunate enough to meet [Austin's] exact copy."
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