BIB_ID
419858
Accession number
MA 1352.8
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1841 January 14.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.1 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
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.
The year of writing provided by the published letter cited below. Dickens dates the letter "Thursday January Fourteen."
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Coutts."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace."
The year of writing provided by the published letter cited below. Dickens dates the letter "Thursday January Fourteen."
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Coutts."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace."
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
Accepting an invitation to "a Library Dinner;" thanking her for a book and apologizing for the trouble he caused her in sending it.
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