Item Info

Accession Number: 87-910
Physical Description: [1] page
Material: paper
Transcription:

          Tavistock House
                 Lord Mayor's Day, 1857
Dear Webster
          The accompanying Farce-don't be alarmed-it is very short and very stagey-is by an old hand who has entrusted me, whose expectations are moderate, and who wants  "to sell it". Is it worth any thing to you?
              Ever Faithfully
          Charles Dickens
Benjamin Webster Esquire.

MssDate: Lord Mayor's Day, 1857
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

The Farce refers to a work by John Poole (1786?–1872)  a dramatic author and friend of Dickens's.

Recipient: Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882
Provenance: Elkins, William M. 8/5/1947, Bequest.

Bibliography:

Volume 8, p. 479, 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 W391 1857-11-09
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author