BIB_ID
291382
Accession number
MA 4979.22
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters between Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 4979 for more information.
Summary
Saying he "faithfully performed the delicate little commission [Emerson] entrusted to [him]"; noting that he hopes the commission was "for a lady" because "a man should have nothing to do with such things"; discussing a lecture on "the Drama" given by Knowles.
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