BIB_ID
291220
Accession number
MA 113.57
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Aug. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 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
Mentioning that he spoke to Knight, "who takes kindly to the idea" [concerning graveyards] (see MA 113.56). Noting that Knight will be in town the following week and will call on Austin.
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