Item Info

Accession Number: 87-358
Physical Description: [1] page
Transcription:

3 Hanover Terrace, Regents Park

Monday Twentieth May, 1861

Dear Sir

I beg to assure you that I have never taken the least offence against the Managers of your Institution, and that i have never had the faintest cause for any, and that I regard it with the most cordial interest and good will. My books were sent by my direction, straight from the Publishers; and this is the sole cause of my not having written in them.

On the other side, I send you a few words, which can be inserted where you think best.

Believe me 

Very faithfully Yours

Charles Dickens

G. Hewitt Esquire

MssDate: Monday Twentieth May 1861
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

 The institution mentioned here was never traced. The "few words" sent by Dickens are thought to have been written on the facing page of a folded sheet, later torn off.

Recipient: Hewitt, G.
Provenance: Benoliel, Mrs. D. Jacques 11/57

Bibliography:

 The British Academy Pilgrim Edition: The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Nine, 1859-1861. Graham Storey, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997, p. 416.

Country: Creation Place Note:3 Hanover Terrace, Regents Park
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Creation Year: 1861
Call Number: DL H497 1861-05-20
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author