BIB_ID
291187
Accession number
MA 113.43
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1850 July 15.
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. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Accepting an invitation to dine, but declining the invitation for Kate, who is "rather unwieldy for going out at present." Asking Austin to write or suggest anything to promote the Sanitary cause in Household Words and inviting Austin to dine.
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