Lot 268

Dickens, Charles

Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
£2,868
Description
Autograph signed letter ("Charles Dickens") to Thomas Fraser Esq, Bristol [10th November 1835?], regarding the delivery of articles on "[Lord John] Russell's dinner" and the "Bath dinner" via various means, 8vo, 3pp, previous folds, some tearing at folds [with] engraved portrait of Dickens (2)
Footnote
Note: Charkes Dickens wrote this letter as a reporter for the Morning Chronicle, a post he took in 1834. The "Russell Dinner" refers to a speech given by Lord John Russell the Home Secretary. Recorded in House & Storey (eds) The Letters of Charles Dickens. Oxford, 1965, volume 1, pp.92-93.
