BIB_ID
309464
Accession number
MA 1352.590
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1849 November 7.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22.1 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Written from "Devonshire Terrace."
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "W. Brown Esquire / Hotel Bristol / Paris."
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "W. Brown Esquire / Hotel Bristol / Paris."
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
The letter formed part of the Burdett-Coutts sale (Sotheby, 17 May 1922); they were purchased for Oliver W. Barrett in whose collection they remained until it was sold by his son (Parke-Bernet, 31 October 1951), and thence passed to the Morgan Library.
Summary
Writing a sequel to his letter from the previous night and providing new information about the misbehavior of Sesina (a resident at Urania Cottage); describing in detail the expulsion of Sesina from the Home; saying that everyone else is quiet and "Hannah Myers was much subdued. My belief is that this Sesina will join Isabella Gordon somewhere, today. I think she would corrupt a Nunnery in a fortnight."
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