Charles Dickens Collection of Autograph Letters Signed


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This collection consists of 65 letters from Charles Dickens to his contemporaries (MA 94.3-67), 32 letters from Dickens to Mary Boyle (MA 94.68-99), 4 letters to Mary Boyle from various friends that mention Dickens (MA 94.100-103), and three engravings of Dickens (MA 94.1-2 and MA 94.104). Items are described in individual records.
















Charles Dickens Letters, Clippings and Autographs, 1839-1920s


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Autograph note signed: "Boz" to J.P. Harley, Petersham, 1839?, accompanied by addressed envelope, with full signature, "Charles Dickens" on face, with wax seal intact; Letter to William Scholefield, telling him he'd be happy to preside at the Birmingham meeting, Devonshire Terrace, January 4, 1844; Autograph, dated January 1849; Letter to Madame Celeste, telling her he'd be happy to sign her book if she could send it to Travistock House, dated May 29, 1858, accompanied by "William Glyde Wilkins" book plate, and typescript of letter; Letter to Mr. Lillie, complimenting him on they way he handled the pictures, Gad's Hill Place, dated August 26, 1860; Letter to Mr. Watkins, telling him that he wrote to Frederick Chapman, Gad's Hill Place, dated November 8, 1866; Letter to Mrs. Atwood "Nothing can be more purely honorable...", Gad's Hill Place, dated October, 8, 1867; approximately 140 newspaper clippings relating to Charles Dickens.













The Fireside Dickens


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