Record ID:
291150
Accession number:
MA 113.30
Credit:
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.
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.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
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