BIB_ID
291219
Accession number
MA 113.56
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 July 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 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 Broadstairs, Kent on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Written from Broadstairs, Kent on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Hoping that the "Board will wholly reject the measure" [to make it an advance from the Consolidated Fund], and mentioning that Dickens has a "great idea" to "serve the question in the recess," and that he has already projected a series of "Tormentors for Vestrylization that will sting it smartly." Discussing the Guild Play [Not So Bad As We Seem] and asking if Austin would like to attend a performance. Referencing his purchase of Tavistock House, noting that Austin will be thoroughly tired of Dickens by the time he owns it since he is holding so many consultations with Austin about it.
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