Item Info

Accession Number: 86-2824
Physical Description: [1] page
Material: paper
Transcription:

                                                 Feby 3. 1868
Dear Hamilton
  Mrs. Lippincott spoke to Mr Dickens about the present of “What are the Wild Waves Saying,” and he said that he would accept it with very great pleasure, and again mentioned the high praise he had heard applied to the original. They are to return here in about two days for his two final readings. Mrs. Lippincott is there to apprise him of your readiness and he is to appoint an hour to receive you. Is this all right, and will the picture be ready? _ Mr D. told Mrs. L. that he had made it a rule not to accept presents, but that his interest in this matter led him to set that rule aside.
  I was very sorry to hear of Mrs. Hamilton’s illness, and of the bereavement that has befallen your daughter. I hope Mrs. H. is much better.  Please make our kindest re-gards to her and to [my Mary], and accept them for yourself.
   Very truly yours
Jms Hamilton   LK Lippincott
  artist             

MssDate: Feby 3. 1868
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hamilton had given Dickens his original sketch for What the Waves were always saying (Dombey, Ch. 16), after Dickens had tried to buy it (H.T. Taverner and [J.C. Hotten], CD. The Story of His Life, p. 54n). 

Recipient: Hamilton, James, 1819-1878
Call Number: DCL L666 1868-02-03
Creator Name: Lippincott, L. K. (Leander K.) - Author