Item Info

Accession Number: 87-418
Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:

Gad's Hill Place

Higham by Rochester, Kent.

Friday Twenty Sixth October 1860.

My Dear Mrs. Lehmann

Unfortunately I cannot come on Monday, as the looming of my Cornish Giants in the distance obliges me to stick to my work. There is not the least merit in my doing so. I do it with the worst grace, and with the strongest disposition to come to you.

Will you ask Lehmann with my kind regard, if he can find out for me who is the Principal of the "People's College" at Sheffield? And, if it be not a personage of the name of Bailey, what has become of Bailey?

You have heard of Mary's horse having gone down with her? The undersigned reverend Parient wishes to know, what next.

With love and blessings to my Nephew from his Uncle Dickens

Believe me Ever

Most Faithfully Yours

Charles Dickens

Mrs. Lehmann

MssDate: Friday Twenty Sixth October 1860
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Mrs. Lehmann, nee Jane (Nina) Chambers (b. 1830), was the daugher of Robert Chambers, Edinburgh publisher and writer. She and her husband became close friends of CD and his family. (Pilgrim Vol. 9, p. 266, n.)

Referring to his "nephew," CD means Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (1856-1929), Frederick and Nina Lehmann's eldest son; CD early "adopted" him as his "nephew." (Pilgrim Vol. 9, p. 267, n.)

Recipient: Lehmann, Frederick, Mrs.
Provenance: Hamilton 3/20/56

Bibliography:

 The British Academy Pilgrim Edition: The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Nine, 1859-1861. Graham Storey, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997, p. 332.

Country: Creation Place Note:Gad's Hill Place
Country:England
City/Town/Township:Higham by Rochester, Kent

Creation Year: 1860
Call Number: DL L528 1860-10-26
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author