BIB_ID
421642
Accession number
MA 1352.670
Creator
Scott, F, Mr., active 19th century.
Display Date
London, England, 1848 June 27.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.6 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 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.
The hand in which this letter is written appears to be the same as the hand of Elizabeth Scott, Mr. Scott's mother and owner of Urania Cottage (see MA 1352.669).
Written from "Shepherds Bush / June 27th, 1848."
The hand in which this letter is written appears to be the same as the hand of Elizabeth Scott, Mr. Scott's mother and owner of Urania Cottage (see MA 1352.669).
Written from "Shepherds Bush / June 27th, 1848."
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 erection of a fence on the Urania Cottage property; saying "With respect to raising the garden fence with lattice work, I hope you will excuse my reminding you that the fence on the north side belongs to Mr. Hale, so that my addition there must be independant of it, the height, whether open, or close, according to Miss Coutts's approbation;" adding, in a postscript, "Should you have occasion to direct to me by post not being in any business and others of the name in the neighbourhood it was only by chance I received your last communication."
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