BIB_ID
420546
Accession number
MA 1352.74
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1847 July 14.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 10.7 x 8.9 cm
Notes
Date of writing from published letter cited below.
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 "Stratton Street / Saturday."
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 "Stratton Street / Saturday."
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
Saying "I seem fated to miss you;" explaining that he was detained in Liverpool for an extra day and he has promised he will be back in Broadstairs the following day; reporting that he will see Mr. Chesterton to check on the progress of the lease and will arrange for her to meet the Matron when he is next in London; adding "All the initiative proceedings in the way of alteration and adaptation are quite understood between Mr. Chesterton and myself, and ready to be entered upon, as soon as the Lease is settled. I understand from him that the delay is not attributable in any way to your solicitor, but to the determination of our side that you are not to be taken advantage of, because of your position. Which is sound sense and justice. You will be glad to hear that our Nurse writes great news of the disappearance of the whooping cough, and that Charley is every day more robust and hearty."
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