BIB_ID
420561
Accession number
MA 1352.420
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1855 May 10.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "Tavistock House."
Envelope with stamps and postmarks: "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 "Tavistock House."
Envelope with stamps and postmarks: "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.
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
Returning a proof and giving his approval for an idea; saying that a resident of Urania Cottage called only Essam could go into service with his family; adding that Anne Brown, who has been a servant with the family for sixteen years, is leaving to get married; sending a rough draft of Thomas Carlyle's appeal for aid for the Lowe sisters (see MA 1352.419 for context) and saying "I think you will be interested in his own account of the case, given in his own odd way;" saying that he will be delighted to report that she is willing to contribute to this cause; mentioning that he has an appointment with his dentist Samuel Cartwright tomorrow and promising to come by afterwards; referring to his mood as he is in the first stages of writing a new book: "Restlessness worse and worse. Dont at all know what to do with myself. Wish I had a Balloon."
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