BIB_ID
291099
Accession number
MA 113.9
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Sunday 1841 [Feb. 28].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Letter is dated by Dickens as Sunday 1 March 1841, but 1 March was a Monday, and Dickens was probably writing on Sunday 28 February.
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 Old Ship Hotel, Brighton. Signed "Charles Dickens."
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 Old Ship Hotel, Brighton. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Mentioning that he will be at home on Wednesday, and arranging for an appointment [presumably to discuss John Dickens' debts and attempts to raise money on the security of Charles Dickens' name].
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