Item Info

Accession Number: 87-0645
Physical Description: [2] pages + envelope
Transcription:

Tavistock House, London
Eighteenth January 1854
My Dear Sir,

I am delighted to find that you are so well satisfied, and that the enterprise has such a light upon it.  I think I never was better pleased in my life than I was with my Birmingham friends.
That principle of fair representation of all orders, carefully carried out, I believe will do more good than any of us can yet foresee.  Does it not seem a strange thing to consider, that I have never yet seen with these eyes of mine, a mechanic in any recognized position on the platform of a Mechanics' Institution?
Mr. Wills may be expected to sink, shortly, under the ravages of letters from all parts of England Ireland and Scotland, proposing Readings.  He keeps up his spirits, but I don't see how they carry him through.
Mrs. Dickens and Miss Hogarth beg their kindest regards, and I am My Dear Sir with much regard too.
 Very faithfully Yours,
Charles Dickens

Arthur Ryland Esquire 

MssDate: Eighteenth January 1854
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Record created by BZ.

Recipient: Ryland, Arthur, 1807-1877
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. D. Jacques Benoliel, 12/6/54.

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Seven, p. 253-254.

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

Call Number: DL R983 1854-01-18
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author