BIB_ID
420540
Accession number
MA 1352.72
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Broadstairs, England, 1847 June 30.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal, postage stamp, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / 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 "Broadstairs, Kent. / Thirtieth June 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 "Broadstairs, Kent. / Thirtieth June 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
Referring to the "...party that did not take place" and reporting that Charley has recovered from his cough; suggesting he "...bring the proposed Matron to you, before she is positively engaged, as it might be a satisfaction to you to see her;" adding that he will propose a time for the meeting.
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