BIB_ID
421169
Accession number
MA 1352.264
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 May 5.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.2 x 12.6 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 on the letterhead of the Office of Household Words on "Wednesday Fifth May 1852."
Written on the letterhead of the Office of Household Words on "Wednesday Fifth May 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
Detailing his visit with Mr. Austin who "...was very anxious that I should explain to you his reasons for declining to make any plan in the manner proposed" and describing the differences between Mr. Hardwick and Mr. Austin; concluding "So the matter now stands with Mr. Hardwick and Mr. Manby. I doubt, myself, the probability of Mr. Manby's making plans (I know him very well) but we shall see. It seems to me that having Mr. Hardwick in the business, we had better make the best of him! I so far agree with Mr. Austin, that I don't think any other professional man will improve him."
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