BIB_ID
421193
Accession number
MA 1352.273
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 July 3.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 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 / Third July 1852 / Saturday afternoon."
Written from "Tavistock House / Third July 1852 / Saturday afternoon."
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
Expressing his disappointment at hearing about Mrs. Morson; saying he will be dining with Mr. Stone that afternoon but instead of calling on her he will write her from Folkestone; adding "For my Muse has hung fire so much this last week, and I am so persecuted by people with letters of introduction of all kinds, that I really have worried myself (and been worried ) into the belief that I cannot write without a change, and am going down there tomorrow morning, to remain until about Wednesday. I hope in that time to explore the neighbourhood (after working hours) and to come back provided with a house. I feel as if I had been thinking my brain into a sort of cabbage net;" expressing his hope that Mrs. Brown is better.
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