BIB_ID
420801
Accession number
MA 1352.138
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 December 22.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.1 x 11.0 cm
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 on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Friday Night. Twenty Second Decr, / 1848."
Written on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Friday Night. Twenty Second Decr, / 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
Telling her he will call on her tomorrow afternoon as he is going to Holloway on Sunday; adding "I am amazed that none of us (especially you) thought of Zodiacal. It only shews how many words may be found out!" (see MA 1352.137 for context)
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