BIB_ID
420689
Accession number
MA 1352.112
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.4 cm
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 / Saturday Morning / Twenty Ninth July 1848."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Saturday Morning / Twenty Ninth July 1848."
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 since he did not hear from her until the previous night, he had arranged to take Catherine Dickens to Broadstairs to be with their children; suggesting a time for him to call on her during the coming week.
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