BIB_ID
421175
Accession number
MA 1352.267
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 May 21.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.3 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 / Twenty First May 1852 / Friday."
Written from "Tavistock House / Twenty First May 1852 / Friday."
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
Reporting on a girl he saw on the recommendation of the Magistrate and saying "...I think the girl will do well;" asking if she knows when the ship will sail to the Cape in order that they might have room for the new girl; enclosing a note from Mr. Austin and hopes she approves of it; adding "Where you are - at what distance - in what climate - on what coast - with what intentions of remaining or returning - are mysteries of the profoundest nature to me."
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