BIB_ID
291325
Accession number
MA 113.82
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Jan. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 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.
The first of two letters written to Austin on 2 January 1852. See also MA 113.84.
Written on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed "CD."
The first of two letters written to Austin on 2 January 1852. See also MA 113.84.
Written on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) a document abstracted from his lease of Devonshire Terrace. Desiring to arrange an appointment to discuss business related to turning over Devonshire Terrace to the new tenant "the Enemy" [Indermaur], and asking Austin to send a note to arrange the meeting.
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