BIB_ID
291224
Accession number
MA 113.60
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Aug. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 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 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
Noting that Dickens and Lemon must visit Bath concerning the Guild performances [of Not So Bad As We Seem] and proposing that Austin accompany them and thereby extend the excursion to Stroud Valley by one day (see MA 113.58-59). Giving travel details for both scenarios.
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