Item Info

Accession Number: 88-0118
Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:

Gad's Hill Place
Higham by Rochester, Kent
Friday Twenty First December, 1860
Dear Sir
  I will trouble you with as brief a letter as possible, in reference to my son Frank.
  While he is very sensible of your consideration, and appears to like all his surroundings in your office, I observe that he does not in his heart take to City business as naturally as his eldest brother has done, and that his inclinations and character incline far more towards such employment as I can give him in the office of my own Journal. I therefore purpose to remove him from the City, at your convenience, and to try him under my own training.
  Perhaps you will have the kindness to let him know when he had best leave you. Allow me to assure you that there is nothing to be considered on that head, but your own business convenience.
  I beg to thank you for your reception of both my boys, and to offer you all the good wishes of the time of year.
  Dear Sir
  Faithfully Yours
  Charles Dickens
Edward Brown Esquire

MssDate: Friday Twenty First December, 1860.
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Brown, Edward
Provenance: Richards, Paul C. 5/16/88, Benoliel

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim, Volume 9, page 351

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

Call Number: DL B812 1860-12-21
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author