BIB_ID
420588
Accession number
MA 1352.85
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1847 December 8.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 10.9 cm + envelope
Notes
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 "Devonshire Terrace / Eighth December 1847. / Wednesday."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Eighth December 1847. / Wednesday."
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
Confirming his visit with her later that day and reporting on Shepherd's Bush; saying "All is going on, in a most orderly and quiet manner, at Shepherd's Bush. I was there, after I left you on Monday. Nothing could be better. Number five went out there yesterday, and number six will be received tomorrow. Both such cases as you would desire to have."
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