BIB_ID
291150
Accession number
MA 113.30
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 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 Devonshire Terrace. Signature excised.
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signature excised.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Referencing Austin's controversy with the Chief Surveyor of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, John Phillips, over their rival schemes for sewage disposal. Mentioning that Forster said "the subject was too late for this week" [in the Examiner] and that "Beard will do all he can" [in the Morning Herald]. Mentioning that Dickens "has been very unwell" and may visit Broadstairs for a few days.
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