BIB_ID
421155
Accession number
MA 1352.258
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 March 25.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.0 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 "Tavistock House / Thursday Twenty Fifth March / 1852."
Written from "Tavistock House / Thursday Twenty Fifth March / 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
Asking if Tuesday would do for him to come and meet Layard; giving details of his schedule the following week in case Tuesday will not suit.
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