BIB_ID
291144
Accession number
MA 113.26
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 Feb. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
N.B. The Austins moved to 9 Hanover Terrace, Notting Hill, in March.
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 Devonshire Terrace on mourning stationery. Signature excised: bottom of page cut off, probably removing only ending and signature.
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 Devonshire Terrace on mourning stationery. Signature excised: bottom of page cut off, probably removing only ending and signature.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Mentioning that the Dickens family returned the previous day and that Dickens is at Austin's service "for Notting Hill, either today, tomorrow, or the next day."
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