BIB_ID
420950
Accession number
MA 1352.186
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 January 25.
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Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm + envelope
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 / Twenty Fifth January 1850."
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Bedford Hotel / Brighton."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Twenty Fifth January 1850."
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Bedford Hotel / Brighton."
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
Saying he will call on her "on Monday, at about twelve o'Clock. If you should have any engagement, don't mind me, as I shall have the fresh air in any case."
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