BIB_ID
304565
Accession number
MA 7666
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1857 March 2.
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2011.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18 x 11.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Written from "Tavistock House."
Joseph Ellis was the proprietor of the Bedford Hotel in Brighton from 1845 until 1865.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Mr Joseph Ellis / The Bedford Hotel / Brighton."
Joseph Ellis was the proprietor of the Bedford Hotel in Brighton from 1845 until 1865.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Mr Joseph Ellis / The Bedford Hotel / Brighton."
Provenance
Purchased from Bonhams (London), Sale No. 17860.
Summary
Saying that, as he has not been to Brighton for some time and wants "a walk on the Downs," he proposes coming down next Friday with Wilkie Collins for three days; asking if Ellis could give them a sitting room and two bedrooms; making additional arrangments concerning their arrival and dining hour.
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