BIB_ID
291457
Accession number
MA 113.128
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1857 July 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 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 on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed"Ha ha ha! Yah-Ho ho! Maniaclly, Charles Dickens."
Written on Office of Household Words stationery. Signed"Ha ha ha! Yah-Ho ho! Maniaclly, Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing the plumbing at Gad's Hill Place, stating "the mischief is done; the little cesspools (very small) are made." Noting that as the place was "forlornly overflown with black mud and choked with the same," he had no other recourse.
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