BIB_ID
420554
Accession number
MA 1352.78
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Broadstairs, England, 1847 September 26.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.9 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "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 "Broadstairs / Sunday Twenty Sixth September / 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 / Sunday Twenty Sixth September / 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 that he was not at home when she called and that he cannot visit her in Folkestone; discussing the final preparations in the house; saying "The house being now very nearly ready for the furniture, I take it for granted that I have your authority to proceed with the fittings in all respects;" adding that he would like to know where he should write to her and that if she has anything she would like to discuss with him in person he would be willing to travel to her by rail.
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