BIB_ID
291153
Accession number
MA 113.31
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1849 July 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 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 Winterbourne, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from Winterbourne, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Briefly describing his holiday occupations, and asking for news on the "Tunnel scheme" [the sewer system proposed by Austin's rival John Phillips]. Inviting Henry and Letitia Austin to visit.
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