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Letter from Charles Dickens, Paris, to Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1855 November 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
420702
Accession number
MA 1352.442
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1855 November 16.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 19.1 x 12.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "49 Avenue des Champs Elysées."
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
Proposing temporary solutions for her current lack of a secretary; saying that he has written to W. Henry Wills recommending two candidates; recommending Wills himself for the position and listing the reasons for his recommendation; mentioning a payment; sending "affectionate regards" to Hannah Brown.