BIB_ID
419917
Accession number
MA 1352.24
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 March 21.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 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.
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Twenty First March 1843."
Envelope with seal to "Miss Coutts" and with Dickens' signature.
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Twenty First March 1843."
Envelope with seal to "Miss Coutts" and with Dickens' signature.
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 he will be out of London "...immersing myself in my story;" commenting on her support of the subscription for Macready; saying "Macready has been so much pleased by your approval and support, and is a man who while he courts nobody, feels such encouragement with great keenness; that I shall be glad to present him to you, if you will dine here. I know you will like him as a private gentlemen, exceedingly;" adding, in a postscript, "I return the enclosed with many thanks, and I need hardly say that it was most gratifying to all of us - but especially so to the party chiefly interested."
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