BIB_ID
420488
Accession number
MA 1352.64
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1847 January 18.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature "Angleterre. Affranchie / Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / London."
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 "Paris, 48 Rue de Courcelles / Eighteenth January 1847."
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 "Paris, 48 Rue de Courcelles / Eighteenth January 1847."
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
Apologizing for his delay in thanking her for the print of Sir Francis Burdett; referring to her communication with people he recommended to her "...in reference to the project;" adding, "Between ourselves - Paul [Master Dombey] is dead. He died on Friday night about 10 o'Clock; and as I had no hope of getting to sleep afterwards, I went out, and walked about Paris until breakfast-time next morning."
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