BIB_ID
421660
Accession number
MA 1352.681
Creator
Wardley, William, active 19th century.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 May 8.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 11.5 x 9.3 cm
Notes
Written from "21 George St."
In The Letters of Charles Dickens, Wardley is identified as an agent of Miss Coutts; he arranged for the emigration of several young women from Urania Cottage. See The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume 5, 1847-1849, edited by Graham Storey and K.J. Fielding. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1981, page 234, Note 1.
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.
In The Letters of Charles Dickens, Wardley is identified as an agent of Miss Coutts; he arranged for the emigration of several young women from Urania Cottage. See The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume 5, 1847-1849, edited by Graham Storey and K.J. Fielding. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1981, page 234, Note 1.
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
Sending her information about a young woman; saying that she lives at 20 King Street with a Mrs. Roberts, and her name is Johnston.
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