BIB_ID
421063
Accession number
MA 1352.225
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 November 29.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
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 / Friday Evening / Twenty Ninth November 1850."
William Loaden's letter has been preserved and is cataloged as MA 1352.650. See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts."
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 / Friday Evening / Twenty Ninth November 1850."
William Loaden's letter has been preserved and is cataloged as MA 1352.650. See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope with seal and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts."
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 letter from his solicitor, Mr. Loaden, who represented Mrs. Morson and saying that he "...will tell Mr. Loaden of your satisfaction and I know it will gratify him;" asking her if the children's books that were sent to her are to be returned and if so, the publisher wishes to know if they should be collected from Stratton Street.
Catalog link
Department