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Autograph letter signed : Higham, to his sister Letitia [Mrs. Henry Austin], 1868 July 21.

BIB_ID
291146
Accession number
MA 112.70
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 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 stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top of the page.
Summary
Saying that he received her "sad news" of her adopted son's death "by this morning's post"; telling her that he has "the greatest objection to attend a funeral in which my affections are not strongly and immediately concerned."