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Autograph letter : Higham, to his sister Letitia [Mrs. Henry Austin], 1866 Oct. 16.

Record ID: 
291124
Accession number: 
MA 112.62
Author: 
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes: 

Written on stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
The signature has been cut out.
Part of a collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his sister Letitia; the letters are described separately (MA 112.1-77).

Summary: 

Commenting on the death of Mrs. Austin, Letitia's mother-in-law.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts