BIB_ID
420343
Accession number
MA 1352.373
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1854 April 16.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "Tavistock House."
Black-bordered envelope addressed to: "Miss Burdett Coutts."
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."
Black-bordered envelope addressed to: "Miss Burdett Coutts."
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
Describing in detail an incident at Urania Cottage in which one of the residents, Frances Cranstone, was accused of causing trouble; telling her that Cranstone and another resident, Eliza Wilkin, have been discharged and describing how this came about; adding that he believes they should have discharged Cranstone long ago; mentioning that the upheaval has disturbed Mrs. Marchmont, but she hopes things will hereafter be calmer; saying that the gates are "rotten and falling away" and he has instructed a carpenter to replace them.
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