BIB_ID
420699
Accession number
MA 1352.441
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1855 November 13.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.9 x 11.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "Paris, 49 Avenue des Champs Elysées."
The letter from Chauncy Hare Townshend that Dickens enclosed has been preserved and is cataloged as MA 1352.680. See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
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 "Paris, 49 Avenue des Champs Elysées."
The letter from Chauncy Hare Townshend that Dickens enclosed has been preserved and is cataloged as MA 1352.680. See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
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
Enclosing a letter from Chauncy Hare Townshend expressing condolences on the death of Dr. William Brown; adding "Pray when you have a minute to spare and would not feel worried by writing, let me know, no matter how briefly, how you and Mrs. Brown are;" reporting on various charitable endeavors, including confirming that he paid nine guineas for a piano for Urania Cottage; mentioning that he is doing a reading in Peterborough next month in honor of the MP Richard Watson, and Watson's widow Lavinia is coming with him: "It will be the first time she has seen the place for many a long day."
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