Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1602
Physical Description: [1] page
Transcription:

 Gad’s Hill Place,

Higham by Rochester, Kent.

Monday Night Sixteenth May 1864

My Dear Leech.

I cannot send you the letter to P. A. Bass to night, because I find I have no letter paper here, without my engraved address. But it shall follow speedily.

We have only one day left; the third of June. If that be too late for you with reference to your health-seeking trip, of course you will say so to your old friend, plainly.

You looked—and evidently were—at least 1,000 per cent better to day, than when I saw you last.

Ever Faithfully

Charles Dickens

MssDate: Monday Night Sixteenth May 1864
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

 Dickens mistakenly refers to M. T. Bass as P. A. Bass.

Recipient: Leech, John, 1817-1864
Provenance: Benoliel, Mrs. D. Jacques 12/6/54

Bibliography:

The British Academy Pilgrim Edition: The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Ten, 1862-1864. Graham Storey, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, p. 396

Country: Creation Place Note:Gad's Hill Place
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Creation Year: 1864
Call Number: DL L516j 1864-05-16
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author