BIB_ID
419862
Accession number
MA 1352.314
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1853 February 1.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from "Tavistock House."
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 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 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
Referring to a case of child cruelty and an article on the subject in the Times, which Dickens has pasted at the top of the letter; arranging a meeting for Friday evening; discussing in detail a plan to build and publicize a model house in a slum district; saying that the whereabouts of Susan Matcham are unknown.
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