BIB_ID
291371
Accession number
MA 113.102
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1852 Dec. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18 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 from Dickens to Austin on 11 December 1852. See also MA 113.103.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD."
The first of two letters written from Dickens to Austin on 11 December 1852. See also MA 113.103.
Written from Tavistock House. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Noting that Miss Coutts is at Brighton and that Dickens has written her to ask "whether she would like to pursue the subject" Austin has opened. Stating that Dickens will convey her reply to Austin as soon as he receives it.
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