BIB_ID
291145
Accession number
MA 113.27
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 Mar. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 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 Devonsire Terrace. Signature excised: about 5 cm cut away from the lower half of the first sheet (comprising pages 1-2), destroying about 4 lines and the ending and signature.
Written from Devonsire Terrace. Signature excised: about 5 cm cut away from the lower half of the first sheet (comprising pages 1-2), destroying about 4 lines and the ending and signature.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing the Austins recent move to Notting Hill, and mentioning that Dickens is going to Lord Carlisle's and is "very glad to find" that Austin is as well.
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