BIB_ID
291142
Accession number
MA 113.25
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 July 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 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 Albion Hotel, Broadstairs. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from Albion Hotel, Broadstairs. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Introducing the surveyor Robert Leigh, who is "the brother of a friend ... the celebrated Mr. Pips [Percival Leigh]."
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