BIB_ID
420632
Accession number
MA 1352.96
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1849 March 3.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.0 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street."
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 on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Saturday Evening / Third March 1848." The published letter cited below corrects the year of writing to 1849, saying "Clearly should be 1849, when 3 Mar was Saturday; reference to 'the Coombses and the Cunliffes' supports. CD and Catherine were in Brighton on 3 Mar 48."
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 on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Saturday Evening / Third March 1848." The published letter cited below corrects the year of writing to 1849, saying "Clearly should be 1849, when 3 Mar was Saturday; reference to 'the Coombses and the Cunliffes' supports. CD and Catherine were in Brighton on 3 Mar 48."
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
Reporting on his visit to the Home, discussing several inmates and the possible replacement for Mrs. Holdsworth; suggesting a schedule on which the replacement would work with Mrs. Holdsworth in order to "become acquainted with the place, and the young women."
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