BIB_ID
291518
Accession number
MA 4979.61
Creator
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869.
Display Date
[1832 or earlier].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 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 before Emerson assumed his wife's surname in 1832 (signed "James Emerson").
Written before Emerson assumed his wife's surname in 1832 (signed "James Emerson").
Summary
Saying he called to ask if he could borrow "3 or 4 £ for as many days"; telling him he wants to "speak to [him] about several matters"; inviting him to breakfast tomorow.
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