BIB_ID
420735
Accession number
MA 1352.449
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1856 April 8.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.7 x 19 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from Paris.
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.
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
Saying that he has gone over her draft of a letter to Reverend Harry Baber and written it out again on the other side of his letter (pages 2-3 contain this draft, which has been transcribed and published in Appendix C, Volume 8 of the correspondence); saying "It seems to me to be as plain and unaffected as possible [...] I quite felt what you explain relating to Mrs. Brown, and most heartily perceived and sympathized with your delicate and considerate intention;" saying that William Charles Macready has come to stay with them for a few days and is anxious to talk to her about "Young Warner" (the son of the actress Mary Amelia Warner); adding that he cannot make out the second name of "Old Pierre" in her letter and writing humorously about how he will attempt to find him; including a manicule pointing to the other side of the sheet; sending kindest regards to Hannah Brown.
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