BIB_ID
420743
Accession number
MA 1352.125
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 October 7.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.0 cm
Notes
Signed with initials.
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 / Saturday Evening / Seventh October 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 / Saturday Evening / Seventh October 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
Discussing details for the printing of the Mark Table; asking her to let him know of any changes she wishes to make; concluding "It will be best, I think, to defer Mrs.-I-don't-know-her-Name's instructions, until we shall have ascertained, by a few weeks' experience, exactly what duties are required from her. It is so very desirable to avoid any departure from what we gravely lay down."
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