BIB_ID
291462
Accession number
MA 113.130
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1857 Aug. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 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. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Written from Gad's Hill. Signed "Charles Dickens."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Mentioning that he and Catherine returned to Gad's Hill the previous evening and only just received his notes. Enclosing (not present) an unidentified letter for Austin, and mentioning that Dickens went to Austin's office, but missed him.
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