BIB_ID
291112
Accession number
MA 113.15
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1842 Sept. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
"Methusaleh" is perhaps Tom, the servant who accompanied the Dickens family to Scotland, or a new servant.--Cf. House, p. 333.
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 Broadstairs. 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 Broadstairs. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Stating that "Young Methusaleh will put the initiatory dish on, at half past five, sharp."
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