BIB_ID
291189
Accession number
MA 113.45
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
185[2] Jan. 7.
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 Tavistock House and mis-dated by Dickens "Seventh January 1851." Signed "CD."
Written from Tavistock House and mis-dated by Dickens "Seventh January 1851." Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Mentioning that Mr. Indermaur proposed to Wills that his surveyor friend [Albert Frend] should be introduced to Austin, and that Austin can expect a letter from "Friend" accordingly. Discussing Dickens' ill heath, and hoping that Austin is feeling better.
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