BIB_ID
420666
Accession number
MA 1352.440
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1855 November 2.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 19.8 x 12.4 cm
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written on the stationery of the Office of Household Words.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Miss Burdett Coutts / The Lord Warden Hotel / Dover." The address has been crossed out, as has a note on the verso, "Returned from the Hotel / Jany 8, 56." The letter appears to have been redirected.
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 the stationery of the Office of Household Words.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Miss Burdett Coutts / The Lord Warden Hotel / Dover." The address has been crossed out, as has a note on the verso, "Returned from the Hotel / Jany 8, 56." The letter appears to have been redirected.
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
Saying that he has sent a duplicate of this letter to Folkestone; describing the arrangements he has made with William Banting for Dr. Brown's funeral on Wednesday; saying that he has followed what he believes to be Hannah Brown's and her wishes in every respect; describing various obstacles that have been overcome; telling her that the invitations have all gone out; writing "My dear Miss Coutts I hope and trust you will find everything in perfect train when you arrive, and that both you and your tender charge [Mrs. Brown] will pass through this closing part of the trial, with a tender but not painful grief;" saying that the nature of service rests entirely with her; confirming that he has received her letters and saying that he will to come to her at Lady Falmouth's on Sunday.
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