Item Info

Accession Number: 87-423
Physical Description: [1] page + envelope
Material: paper
Transcription:

Tavistock House
           Tenth February 1858
My Dear Sir Charles
        The undersigned charmer was extremely sorry to lose you last night.. He handed your generous donation to the Secretary, by whom it was duly announced. You will be glad to hear that the Dinner was very successful, and that the subscriptions amounted to the -as far as I know- unprecedented sum of £ 3,000.
           Faithfully Yours ever
              Charles Dickens

Sir Charles Locock.

                         

MssDate: Tenth February 1858
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

The dinner was not well attended but raised £3,000, which enabled the hospital to open endowment and building funds.

Recipient: Locock, Charles, Sir, 1799-1875
Provenance: Sessler 10/3/57, Gratz Fund.

Bibliography:

Volume 8, p. 517, 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 L818c1 1858-02-10
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author