BIB_ID
421135
Accession number
MA 1352.251
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 March 1?.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.3 cm
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 "Tavistock House / Monday Twenty Sixth February / 1852." The published letter, cited below, suggests the date Dickens has given for this letter is in error and suggests a possible date of writing as March 1st, saying "Mon 23 Feb impossible, as CD at Eton next day, and Thurs 26 Feb very unlikely in view of reference to being at the Home 'tomorrow.'" The letter which follows (MA 1352.252) appears to have been written after this one and is dated March 2, 1852.
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 "Tavistock House / Monday Twenty Sixth February / 1852." The published letter, cited below, suggests the date Dickens has given for this letter is in error and suggests a possible date of writing as March 1st, saying "Mon 23 Feb impossible, as CD at Eton next day, and Thurs 26 Feb very unlikely in view of reference to being at the Home 'tomorrow.'" The letter which follows (MA 1352.252) appears to have been written after this one and is dated March 2, 1852.
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
Referring to a case involving the Home; saying "Although the facts stated in Sir George Grey's letter, may afford no reason for hope in us, they certainly give a reason for the recommendation of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and relieve the case from any suspicion of extra-stupidity or misrepresentation. I think upon the whole I would try the case at the Home. Tomorrow is our day there."
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