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Letter from Charles Dickens, Brighton, to Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1853 March 7 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
419889
Accession number
MA 1352.320
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Brighton, England, 1853 March 7.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from Brighton.
Thomas Michael Greenhow's letter to Dickens has been preserved and is cataloged as MA 1352.642.
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
Saying that he has mixed up two Mr. Greenhows, but enclosing Thomas Michael Greenhow's response to his inquiry about an orphan boy; asking for instructions as to what she would like him to do regarding a lady in Holloway.