BIB_ID
421549
Accession number
MA 1352.642
Creator
Greenhow, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1791-1881.
Display Date
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1853 March 4.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written in the third person.
Dickens enclosed Greenhow's letter with his letter to Angela Burdett-Coutts dated March 8, 1853 (cataloged as MA 1352.320). See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional 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 ten letters written by Catherine Dickens to Angela Burdett Coutts and 73 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner. See the collection-level record for more information.
Dickens enclosed Greenhow's letter with his letter to Angela Burdett-Coutts dated March 8, 1853 (cataloged as MA 1352.320). See the published correspondence, cited below, for additional 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 ten letters written by Catherine Dickens to Angela Burdett Coutts and 73 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner. 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
Replying to a note from Dickens to "...confirm in all respects the correctness of the statement of the case of the orphan boy contained in the letter of his friend, Miss Emily Taylor, addressed to Miss Burdett Coutts. Mr. G. may be permitted to add his conviction that, should Miss Burdett Coutts generously extend her assistance towards the education of this poor boy, it could scarcely be more beneficially bestowed than in securing to a young mind that judicious training which is likely to fix in it habits of active exertion, virtue and religion, and thus prepare it for a life of usefulness and happiness."
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