BIB_ID
291491
Accession number
MA 4979.48
Creator
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.3 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 19, Whitehall Place where Forster had an office ca. 1857-71. The letter is dated "Monday 9th Nov."; November 9 was a Monday in 1857, 1863, and 1868.
Written from 19, Whitehall Place where Forster had an office ca. 1857-71. The letter is dated "Monday 9th Nov."; November 9 was a Monday in 1857, 1863, and 1868.
Summary
Sending him a "melancholy note" from [William Charles] Macready (note not included in this collection); mentioning that Willy [Tennent]'s health has "become very precarious in Ceylon"; saying that he will probably have to cancel their Friday plans because of a funeral; asking him to send back Macready's letter.
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