BIB_ID
419957
Accession number
MA 1352.337
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1853 May 29.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written from "Tavistock House."
The letter from Antonina Matthews that Dickens enclosed may have been her letter dated May 25, 1853 and cataloged as MA 1352.656.
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 from Antonina Matthews that Dickens enclosed may have been her letter dated May 25, 1853 and cataloged as MA 1352.656.
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
Enclosing a letter from Mrs. Matthews that acknowledges the last letter he wrote to her on Miss Burdett-Coutts's behalf.
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