BIB_ID
291330
Accession number
MA 113.85
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Jan. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 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
Thanking Austin for his "kindness in the Devonshire Terrace matter" and discussing the Interment Bill, noting that Dickens is "concerned to see Chadwick and Southwood Smith both harping so much on the past."
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