BIB_ID
291294
Accession number
MA 113.75
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Oct. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 1/4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Broadstairs, Kent, on mourning paper. Signature excised: lower 3/4 of second sheet (comprising p. 3) cut away.
Written from Broadstairs, Kent, on mourning paper. Signature excised: lower 3/4 of second sheet (comprising p. 3) cut away.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing renovations to Tavistock House and complaining about the "perjured, beastly, odious, and incompetent Burton!" Noting that as the day of the Dickens' move comes closer, "Catherine is gradually falling into a state of feverish imbecility."
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