BIB_ID
291367
Accession number
MA 113.98
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Oct. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.5 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 Hotel des Bains, Boulogne. With postmarks and addressed to "Angleterre / H. Austin Esquire / Board of Health / Whitehall / London." Signed "CD."
Written from Hotel des Bains, Boulogne. With postmarks and addressed to "Angleterre / H. Austin Esquire / Board of Health / Whitehall / London." Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Noting that he has only just received Austin's report, and mentioning that as Dickens "should be very glad to help the Sanitary cause," Austin should consult with Wills on the possibility of writing or commissioning a paper on it.
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