BIB_ID
421061
Accession number
MA 1352.224
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 November 25.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.3 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 November 1850."
Envelope with postage stamp, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Westfield Lodge / Brighton."
Written from "Devonshire Terrace / Twenty Fifth November 1850."
Envelope with postage stamp, postmarks and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Westfield Lodge / 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
Reporting on the hearing of the girls accused of stealing from the Home; saying his solicitor went with Mrs. Morson who "...stated everything as quietly as possible. The girls neither spoke nor looked up, and were committed for trial. Mrs. Morson will be taken before the Grand Jury at the Old Bailey, next Wednesday."
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