BIB_ID
291286
Accession number
MA 113.72
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Oct. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 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
Referencing the renovations on Tavistock House: complaining about Pantechnicon and mentioning that "the infamous Burton says the Stoves shall be fixed" the following day. Discussing their proposed meeting and arranging to dine.
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