BIB_ID
291345
Accession number
MA 113.86
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Feb. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9cm
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
Asking Austin to conclude the business of turning the lease of Devonshire Terrace over to Mr. Indermaur, the new tenant. Enclosing (not present) a cheque for a quarter's rent, and noting that all Indermaur has to do is to give Austin "an undertaking from Captain Johnson the Lessor, that he receives him henceforth as a Tenant in [Dickens'] stead." Mentioning that "Guild business" takes him to Manchester and Liverpool.
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