BIB_ID
420890
Accession number
MA 1352.479
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1857 February 24.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from "Tavistock House."
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Miss Burdett Coutts / Meadfoot House / Hesketh Crescent / Torquay / Devon."
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 "Tavistock House."
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Miss Burdett Coutts / Meadfoot House / Hesketh Crescent / Torquay / Devon."
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
Asking when she would like to publish the new edition of A Summary Account of Prizes for Common Things; saying that the pages need to be marked up in such a way that the printer will understand what changes are to be made; saying that he is obliged to work on Little Dorrit at the moment, but if she could wait until the 6th or 7th of March, he could spend a morning marking up the pages accordingly; making other suggestions about the pamphlet, including urging her to include a letter from a builder verbatim; writing that he agrees with her (poor) opinion of the newspaper The Record; sending love to Hannah Brown; adding that he did not get her letter and the book until today because he had to go to Gad's Hill and commenting "Wonderful climate! -- People sitting out of doors!"
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