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Autograph letter signed with initials : Higham, to his sister Letitia [Mrs. Henry Austin], 1864 June 5.

BIB_ID
291116
Accession number
MA 112.60
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 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 mourning 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
Telling her she has received a pension of £60 a year; noting that she needs to send in the names of two trustees; sending a draft of a thank-you letter for her to copy and send to C.G. Barrington.