BIB_ID
420136
Accession number
MA 1352.53
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1846 April 9.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 10.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with fragment of a seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Brighton."
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 / Thursday Night / Ninth April 1846."
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 / Thursday Night / Ninth April 1846."
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
Arranging to visit her with Charley; saying "I shall be glad to tell you all about Charley and his forthcoming King's College Career, viva voce. And as I owe him a holiday, in consequence of his having conducted himself with brilliancy at School I shall (unless you tell me you will not be there) bring him down pr. Railway, to make a morning call on you at Brighton next Monday Week. In the mean time I shall feel it necessary to get up some information about Locomotive Engines, or I shall be brought to a stand-still, and shall lose my position, before we get to Croydon, through not being able to answer questions."
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