BIB_ID
420982
Accession number
MA 1352.193
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 March 6.
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Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 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 / Sixth March 1850."
Envelope with seal, postmark and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Sixth March 1850."
Envelope with seal, postmark 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
Telling her he is leaving for Brighton the following day and will be there for a fortnight "...to pursue Copperfield in peace;" relating the details of an excellent report from Mr. Cookesley on Charley's academic success at Eton: "...that work is no trouble to him, and he always does it admirably - that he has never had any pupil in whom he has been so warmly interested - and that he is fast becoming one of the most popular boys at Eton."
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