BIB_ID
291299
Accession number
MA 113.78
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Nov. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.5 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 Tavistock House. Signed "CD."
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Complaining that the bath in the recently renovated Tavistock House has "twice failed altogether" and discussing the proposed solution of building a cistern capable of holding 300-400 gallons of water.
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