BIB_ID
309788
Accession number
MA 106.51A
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1843 July 26.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence between Charles Dickens and William Charles Macready. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 106 for more information.
The first of two letters from Dickens to Macready dated 26 July 1843; see also MA 106.52.
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
The first of two letters from Dickens to Macready dated 26 July 1843; see also MA 106.52.
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
Summary
Mentioning that he consented to be Chairman of a Committee to benefit the "unfortunate family of that poor man, Elton." Reporting that Lumley "replies that he cannot allow the Singers to assist" and asking whether Macready would "run the hazard of opening Drury Lane if it is to be got for nothing."
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