BIB_ID
420712
Accession number
MA 1352.117
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Broadstairs, England, 1848 August 20.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.3 cm + envelope
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 "Broadstairs / Sunday August Twentieth / 1848."
Envelope with seal, postage stamp, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / London."
Written from "Broadstairs / Sunday August Twentieth / 1848."
Envelope with seal, postage stamp, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / London."
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
Confirming that he will call on her on Wednesday morning in order that they can discuss her rules; saying "There are one or two little points on which we can say a word or two when we meet. They are merely slight matters which occur to me as being practically difficult of incorporation with the Mark System. I should have written sooner, but I have been considering the subject and thinking about something for Christmas besides. I am happy to say that Mrs. Dickens seems quite well, and has been out with me behind the identical poney - whom I drove to Dover and back yesterday. The servant is getting on very well, and will certainly not be lame, though he is still invalided."
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