BIB_ID
447288
Accession number
MA 2876.2
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1848 July 21
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21.4 x 13.5 cm (folded)
Notes
Written upside-down on address panel: "Richard Bently Esq / London".
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Reporting that "[a]bout eight days ago" he sent the English manuscript of the first part of his novel ["The Two Baronesses"] to Count Ernst Reventlow; reporting that he is sending the second part today through "the English vice consul Mr. McCall"; asking him to confirm receipt of the first two manuscripts; promising to send the third, largest, part at the beginning of next month; asking whether he should dedicate the book to the Countess of Blessington, "W. Jordan Esq", Walter Scott's family, "To my friends in England and Scotland", or to forego a dedication.
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