BIB_ID
291357
Accession number
MA 113.93
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Aug. [8].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 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.
Written from 10 Camden Crescent, Dover. Letter is dated by Dickens as "Sunday, Sixth August 1852," but in 1852 Sunday was the 8th. Signed "CD."
Written from 10 Camden Crescent, Dover. Letter is dated by Dickens as "Sunday, Sixth August 1852," but in 1852 Sunday was the 8th. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing Austin's proposed visit to Dover, noting that Dickens' upcoming tour will make him absent for most of their visit, but still giving traveling particulars.
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