BIB_ID
291484
Accession number
MA 4979.45
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.4 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.
Written from the "Palace Gate House, Kensington W." on stationery with the British lion and unicorn embossed at the top of the page.
Written from the "Palace Gate House, Kensington W." on stationery with the British lion and unicorn embossed at the top of the page.
Summary
Noting that "the fates seem adverse to our meeting"; telling him that he is "dismantling" his house to "receive the painters and paperers"; saying that his wife has been very ill.
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