Item Info

Accession Number: 87-528
Physical Description: [4] pages
Transcription:

                                                                                                                   Carlton House Feby. 16th. [1842]
My dear Sir.
    I am really obliged to you for your frank and courteous letter. If, during our short and hurried stay, Mrs. Dickens and I can make but one escape to your pleasant Theatre, trust me that we shall only be too happy to do so, As the Drama is one of our most constant amusements in London and some of our dearest friends are intimately connected with it.
    For myself I have perhaps a stronger interest in you than you suspect. I was a very staunch admirer of yours (and I paid in those days) at the Queens Theatre in the remote times of the "wandering minstrel", and the "revolt of the Workhouse". I was constantly with you at the Strand Theatre, both before and after that time. I followed you to Covent Garden when you did very good things in a very bad part in "His first Campaign". Thence I tracked you to Brahams and lost you thereabouts to find you at the Ball the other night.
    I am truly glad to hear on all sides that you are meeting with the success you deserve; and I hope it may be prolonged and increased until you see fit to come back to England again, a rich man.
                                                                                     Always believe me I Faithfully Yours
                                                                                                                Charles Dickens
J.B. Mitchell Esq.

MssDate: Feby. 16th. [1842]
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Only the closing and signature are in Dickens' hand.  The remainder of the letter was written by George Putnam who acted as secretary and companion to Dickens on the trip. (Pilgrim edition, volume 3, p. 27)

Recipient: Mitchell, William, 1798-1856
Provenance: Benoliel, Mrs. D. Jacques 11/57

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Three, 1842-1843, p. 64.

Country: Creation Place Note:Carlton House
Country:United States of America
City/Town/Township:New York City, New York

Call Number: DL M694 1842-02-16
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author