BIB_ID
421165
Accession number
MA 1352.263
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 April 25.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 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 / Sunday Twenty Fifth April / 1852."
Written from "Tavistock House / Sunday Twenty Fifth April / 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
Concerning preparations for a meeting with Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Manby, Mr. Austin, Dr. Smith, Dickens and Miss Coutts; saying "...besides that such a Meeting could do not good, with no deliberate preparation in black and white to discuss, and on which to compare ideas, I doubt whether any professional man would like to attend it. I therefore think it best to mention my doubt to you. Foreseeing the probability of some such difficulty I have not communicated with Mr. Austin since I sent you his letter. Therefore, I have not proposed to him to make any plan, and no harm is done."
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