BIB_ID
291197
Accession number
MA 113.49
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Mar. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (4 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 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
Expressing concern over Austin's health. Noting that he has "lost the Highgate house" (see MA 113.46-48), and lamenting that "nothing so good will ever turn up again." Mentioning that Kate is "so exceedingly unwell" and that he is taking her to Malvern, and discussing the letting of houses in London.
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