Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1707
Physical Description: [1] page
Transcription:

                                                                       Devonshire Terrace.
                                                                                     Fifth February 1841.
My Dear Ainsworth.
Will you tell me where that Punch is to be brought, what one is to ask for, and what the cost is.  It has made me very uneasy in my mind.
Mind--I deny the beer.  It is very excellent; but that it surpasses that meeker, and gentler, and brighter ale of mine (oh how bright it is!) I never will admit.
My gauntlet lies upon the cask.  Yours in defiance.
                                                                            Charles DIckens

 

MssDate: Fifth February 1841
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Removed from album, Spring 1989.
Record created by BZ.

Recipient: Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Provenance: Bequest of William M.Elkins, 1947.

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Two, 1840-1841, p. 204.

Country: Creation Place Note:Devonshire Terrace
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Call Number: DL Ai66w 1841-02-05
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author