BIB_ID
420155
Accession number
MA 1352.366
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1854 February 27.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "Tavistock House."
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 "Tavistock House."
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
Asking if her box at Drury Lane is free tonight and, if so, whether he could use it; saying that he has a "morbid curiosity" to see the play being performed (the editors of the correspondence identify the play as "The Vendetta") in the context of "the decline of a place that I once had a great interest in, and have had my hand in through many a long hour;" mentioning that tomorrow is the Committee day at Urania Cottage and saying that it would be good if she could be there; mentioning a resident.
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