BIB_ID
291439
Accession number
MA 113.127
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1857 July 21.
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 Gad's Hill Place. Signed "CD."
Written from Gad's Hill Place. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing the plumbing at Gad's Hill Place, mentioning that he has told the plumber to "do what he thinks best." Noting "they are now forcing long sticks through the choked pipes, which I foresee will come out into the eye of a man who is at present lying on his stomach looking in at the other end of the pipe -- who will be blinded -- and who will have a claim to be supported for life."
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