BIB_ID
81230
Accession number
MA 1352.636
Creator
Broderip, William John, 1789-1859.
Display Date
London, England, 1850 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Written from "Westm[inste]r Police Court."
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
Agreeing to assist in obtaining suitable candidates for Urania Cottage; referring to Angela Burdett-Coutts as the "excellent Lady whose good works abound in this district where vice and wretchedness riot and pine in the close vicinity of virtue and splendor;" adding "I trust we may have the gratification of helping to heal the broken-hearted and gently leading back those have erred into the right way."
Catalog link
Department