BIB_ID
421087
Accession number
MA 1352.235
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1851 August 5.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 14.0 x 8.7 cm
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 "Household Words. / Tuesday Fifth August / 1851."
Written from "Household Words. / Tuesday Fifth August / 1851."
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
Writing "Many thanks for telling me the dinner-hour. I am sending you Charley's usual papers, I send you also a note from his tutor, - as I am anxious that you should know as much about him as I do."
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