Autograph letter & check Charles Dickens 1859 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens") to Mrs White, 16 May 1859, Tavistock House. — Partly printed document signed ("Charles Dickens") and completed in his hand, 30 January 1867. Letter, 105 x 185mm, on Tavistock House stationery, and bank check, 185 x 95mm (both laid down on cardstock). Dickens writes in full: "Dear Madam, I regret to answer that I have not the time to comply with your request to any greater or more acceptable extent than of writing you this short note and assuring you that I have read your letter with pleasure and interest. Dear Madam, Faithfully Yours Charles Dickens " The bank check is from A. Coutts and Company, and is completed and endorsed by Dickens. The recipient is perhaps Mary Smith (1830-1870), wife of Albert Smith (1816-1860) who adapted Dickens’s writing for the stage and brother of Arthur Smith (1826-1861) who booked Dickens public readings in 1858. Provenance: Gifted by Dr. William R. Laird to Dr. James H. Hewlett, Dean of Centre College in 1941 – by descent to Dr. James Spencer Hewlett in 1954 – thence by descent to present owners. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Autograph letter & check Charles Dickens 1859 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens") to Mrs White, 16 May 1859, Tavistock House. — Partly printed document signed ("Charles Dickens") and completed in his hand, 30 January 1867. Letter, 105 x 185mm, on Tavistock House stationery, and bank check, 185 x 95mm (both laid down on cardstock). Dickens writes in full: "Dear Madam, I regret to answer that I have not the time to comply with your request to any greater or more acceptable extent than of writing you this short note and assuring you that I have read your letter with pleasure and interest. Dear Madam, Faithfully Yours Charles Dickens " The bank check is from A. Coutts and Company, and is completed and endorsed by Dickens. The recipient is perhaps Mary Smith (1830-1870), wife of Albert Smith (1816-1860) who adapted Dickens’s writing for the stage and brother of Arthur Smith (1826-1861) who booked Dickens public readings in 1858. Provenance: Gifted by Dr. William R. Laird to Dr. James H. Hewlett, Dean of Centre College in 1941 – by descent to Dr. James Spencer Hewlett in 1954 – thence by descent to present owners. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
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