BIB_ID
291181
Accession number
MA 113.39
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1850 Mar. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 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 Brighton, 148 Kings Road. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from Brighton, 148 Kings Road. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing Tom Taylor, stating that he is a "capital man" for Austin's purpose [to appoint a barrister of standing as assistant secretary of the General Board of Health], though he "may be a little inconstant."
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