BIB_ID
291574
Accession number
MA 4979.1-78
Display Date
1828-1872.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1995.
Description
1 box (78 letters), unbound ; size varies
Notes
In addition to the envelopes mentioned in specific records, this collection also includes 8 envelopes addressed to Tennent in Forster's hand and 1 envelope addressed to Tennent in Dickens' hand that do not correspond to specific letters in the collection.
Sir James Emerson Tennent was the dedicatee of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend.
Sir James Emerson Tennent was the dedicatee of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend.
Summary
A collection of letters including 19 letters from Charles Dickens (most to Sir James Emerson Tennent); 28 letters from John Forster (most to Sir James Emerson Tennent); and 22 letters from Sir James Emerson Tennent (most to John Forster). The collection also includes letters from William Bryden, Mamie Dickens, Charles Knight, Letitia Emerson Tennent, and William Henry Wills. Letters are described in individual records (MA 4979.1-78).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.2 cm).
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