BIB_ID
421389
Accession number
MA 1352.587
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1849 May 30.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
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.
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
Apologizing for having missed him; explaining that he was at Lilies until last night and "this morning I went out to see Mrs. Macready (about this horrible uproar at New York) directly after breakfast" (a reference to the Astor Place Riot); asking if anything is amiss at Shepherd's Bush; mentioning that he will be dining at Edmund Phipps's home and could call on him on his way there.
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