BIB_ID
420881
Accession number
MA 1352.166
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1849 July 2.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 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 from "Devonshire Terrace / Second July 1849. / Monday."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Second July 1849. / Monday."
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 an apparent disturbance at the Home involving a Mr. Browne and his visit to the Police Station at Brook Green to speak with the Acting Inspector about it; adding "I spoke to little Browne and told her she need not be at all uneasy. I also spoke to my poor friend Isabella Gordon, who was very white when she saw me come in; but whether with vengeance or contrition, I don't know."
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