BIB_ID
421303
Accession number
MA 1352.561
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
Boulogne, France, 1856 August 10.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Signed with initials.
Written from Boulogne.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Angleterre / Mrs Brown / Miss Burdett Coutts / Prospect Hill / Reading."
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 Boulogne.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks: "Angleterre / Mrs Brown / Miss Burdett Coutts / Prospect Hill / Reading."
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.
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 the Exhibition at St. George's Hospital in memory of her husband Dr. William Brown; saying that he firmly believes that the sum awarded should be a fixed amount of money every year, and that if no students are eligible in a particular year, it should not roll over, but should return to her; urging her "don't disparage the Exhibition - don't make it a game - so much in the pool this time - so much more or less, next time. It will do nobody good;" sending affectionate regards to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
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