BIB_ID
291211
Accession number
MA 113.54
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 July 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 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 on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Expressing his intention to buy Tavistock House, and asking Austin to recommend a surveyor and to inspect it with Dickens the following day.
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