BIB_ID
420530
Accession number
MA 1352.68
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1847 May 16.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature addressed "To be forwarded. / Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly."
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 "1 Chester Place / Sixteenth May 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 "1 Chester Place / Sixteenth May 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
Reporting on a house he and Mr. Chesterton looked at on her behalf; saying "My object was (and is) to consult you about a house Mr. Chesterton and I had seen, which is not dear, and we think would suit your project better than almost any other, not built for the purpose. I prevented the owner from advertizing it, as he had intended to do; and he has been to me since but I could say nothing to him. I have been so very unwell from an accident, that I have not been able to write, and we are going to Brighton tomorrow (148 King's Road) for change. If you will let me hear from you there, I will send you full particulars of this house. Or maybe you are at Brighton, and I can see you there?"
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