BIB_ID
420725
Accession number
MA 1352.121
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 September 8.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.1 x 10.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Mourning envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street."
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 mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Friday Night / Eighth September 1848."
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 mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Friday Night / Eighth September 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
Commenting on an inmate, Stonnell, whom he believes should stay in prison and a misunderstanding with Miss Cunliffe, a Matron; recommending the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool; asking for the name and address of her solicitor so that he might explain an issue to him related to the property tax on Urania Cottage; apologizing for his handwriting: "I am afraid I write illegibly - but I have been at my Sister's funeral today, and my hand is not as steady as usual."
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