BIB_ID
421370
Accession number
MA 1352.580
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1841? January 7.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.1 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Dickens gives the date of writing as "Thursday Jany. 7th." The year of writing has been taken from the published correspondence, cited below.
Addressed to "Miss Meredith." Hannah Meredith married Dr. William Brown in December 1844.
Written from "Devonshire Terrace."
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.
Addressed to "Miss Meredith." Hannah Meredith married Dr. William Brown in December 1844.
Written from "Devonshire Terrace."
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
Accepting her invitation for next Wednesday and sending his compliments to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
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