BIB_ID
291188
Accession number
MA 113.44
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1850 Nov. 28.
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 Devonshire Terrace. Signed "CD."
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Regretfully declining an invitation for Saturday as he "must work all day at the Christmas No. of Household Words," but wishing to visit [the Great Exhibition] with Austin any other day after Wednesday. Mentioning that Kate's foot is much better and that he has "done something Sanitary this week" [in Household Words].
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