BIB_ID
291421
Accession number
MA 113.120
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1856 June 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.6 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 Villa des Moulineaux, Boulogne. Signed "CD."
Written from Villa des Moulineaux, Boulogne. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Noting that he very rarely mentions any "public case" to Miss Coutts, and advising Austin to not write her personally, but to let the Secretaries [of the Board of Health] address her "in the usual way." Asking Austin to put Dickens' name and £10 down for a subscription.
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