Record ID:
291294
Accession number:
MA 113.75
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description:
1 item (2 1/4 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. Signature excised: lower 3/4 of second sheet (comprising p. 3) cut away.
Summary:
Discussing renovations to Tavistock House and complaining about the "perjured, beastly, odious, and incompetent Burton!" Noting that as the day of the Dickens' move comes closer, "Catherine is gradually falling into a state of feverish imbecility."
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
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