BIB_ID
421170
Accession number
MA 1352.265
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 May 6.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm + envelope
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 / Thursday Sixth May 1852."
Envelope with postmark and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / London."
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 Sixth May 1852."
Envelope with postmark and Dickens' signature to "Miss Burdett Coutts / Stratton Street / Piccadilly / London."
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
Explaining he cannot call on her as "We have been christening the baby [his son Edward] today, and I dare not go out. It would be considered heresy;" suggesting he call on her the following day and if he is able to find Mr. Austin at the Board of Health he will call on him before coming to her.
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