BIB_ID
420124
Accession number
MA 1352.47
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1845 September 24.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly" and marked "Private" above the address.
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 / Wednesday." The date of writing from the published letter cited below.
See MA 1352.46 in which Dickens asks Miss Coutts for her assistance to Mr. White and his daughter.
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 / Wednesday." The date of writing from the published letter cited below.
See MA 1352.46 in which Dickens asks Miss Coutts for her assistance to Mr. White and his daughter.
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
Returning Tolfrey's letter and thanking her "...on behalf of Mr. White. I have rigidly observed your injunctions; and will write you fully about that poor girl, when I have settled the adjustment of the Fifty Pounds. Suffice it to say at this moment that I hope to be able to make such lasting use of it, as will delight your generous heart. She is much better."
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