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Letter from Charles Dickens, Broadstairs, to Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1849 July 11 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
420885
Accession number
MA 1352.168
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Broadstairs, England, 1849 July 11.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 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 the "Albion Hotel, Broadstairs / Wednesday Eleventh July 1849."
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
Thanking her for the gift of £5 for "that most unfortunate lady. I have hinted afar off at the hopelessness of her doing anything lasting here" (see MA 1352.167 for context); adding that he is well and hopes to see her the following week; concluding "A variety of adventures are in preparation [in David Copperfield, No. IV] for you and Mrs. Brown this month, which I hope will only make you moderately poorly."