BIB_ID
420964
Accession number
MA 1352.191
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 February 22.
Credit line
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 Second February 1850."
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Twenty Second February 1850."
Envelope with seal, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly."
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
Enclosing a case and asking if she "...would feel disposed to give anything, if I should find out that it is strictly true? I have just now read it, and I refer it to you with this question, feeling sure that you will answer it without the least reserve."
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