BIB_ID
419849
Accession number
MA 1352.2
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1839 August 10.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.0 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Written in the third person.
Envelope with postmark and seal to "Miss Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / Charles Dickens."
Date of writing from postmark. Dickens dates the letter "Saturday morning."
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.
Written from "Elm Cottage. Petersham."
Envelope with postmark and seal to "Miss Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / Charles Dickens."
Date of writing from postmark. Dickens dates the letter "Saturday morning."
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.
Written from "Elm Cottage. Petersham."
Provenance
The letters 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).
Summary
Saying that he "...greatly regrets that a far less pleasant engagement for Tuesday prevents his accepting her kind invitation."
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