Item Info

Accession Number: 87-0977
Physical Description: [1] page
Material: paper
Transcription:

                Tavistock House
                          Friday Second June 1854
 Dear Mark
                      If you are at home on the Blue-Devilous afternoon and inclined to go anywhere to see anything, I am your man from 7 o'clock. 
                                              Ever affecty  
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MssDate: Friday Second June 1854
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

"Blue Devilous" refers to a state of melancholy or  despondency (cf. George Coleman's farce, The Blue Devils, 1798). 

Recipient: Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. D. Jacques Benoliel, 12/6/54.

Bibliography:

Volume 7, p. 345, The Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Madeline House & Graham Storey; associate editors, W.J. Carlton…[et al.]. 

Country: Creation Place Note:Tavistock House
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Call Number: DL L544m 1854-06-02
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author